£150
CHARLES STRAKER STONEWARE TEAKETTLE FOUNTAIN INK. 2.6ins tall. Dark brown glaze, truncated cone, wide mouth opening (pinhead glaze flake). Top strongly embossed CHAS STRAKER & SONS/ L B/ FOUNTAIN/ INK. Printer Samuel Straker listed at Bishopsgate Street, London, in 1856 with Charles listed later at Leadenhall & Commercial Street. An obituary for a Charles Straker (1847-1901) noted his father Samuel had founded a company c.1830. This is a rare impressed name teakettle dating c.1880-1900. (BBR Auctions July 1990, lot 226; Oct 2004, lot 360 ; March 2005, lot 61).Various kiln firing base marks.
09-Oct
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