AN 18TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT GLAZE CAMEL TEAPOT,...

Hammer

£350

AN 18TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT GLAZE CAMEL TEAPOT, c.1740-45 slipcast, in the form of a camel with a raised box on it's back, the sides of which are moulded with Chinese figure and pavilion, the camel sitting on a wavy rectangular plinth, strapwork handle moulded with rosettes (lid missing), 13.5cm high x 18cm wide.
See V&A South Kensington ceramics collection for a teapot of the same design.

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Tiny chip to lower lip. Large chip to rim of upright also another smaller and tiny crack.
The base has a seam running along the length.
At the front this has turned into a crack which runs up into the plinth and then splits either side at the base of the neck.
There is a crack along the base of the camel and the plinth