Lot 172 An important Limehouse teapot and cover, circa 1746-48
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An important Limehouse teapot and cover, circa 1746-48
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Of attractive small size, the slightly compressed globular form with a straight spout and a plain handle with a curled lower terminal, painted in blue with an array of 'precious objects' or Taoist symbols, scrolls on the handle and spout, the domed cover with an elegant turned mushroom finial and similarly decorated, 12.3cm high (2)
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Provenance
Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, Christie's, 14 October 1948, lot 3 (part) (as Lowestoft);
With David Manheim;
Leslie Godden Collection;
Godden Reference Collection, Bonhams 18 May 2011, lot 253
Literature
Godden, Geoffrey, Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain, p.38, pl.29;
Godden, Geoffrey, English Blue and White Porcelain, 2004, p.78, col. pl.17, p.88, pl.90 and dustjacket;
Godden, Geoffrey, Godden's New Guide to English Porcelain, 2004, p.101, pl.119;
Jones, Ray, , 2018, p.233, fig.ii;
White, Mary, , Vol.2, 2021, p.313
Stoke-on-Trent Museum
This important teapot formed part of a collection of ceramics from Wentworth Woodhouse, sold by Christies in 1948 on behalf of Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company. The teapot was included as part of lot 3, listed as 'Four Teapots and covers, variously painted in blue with Chinese figures, utensils and trees-probably Lowestoft', which also included a pair of sauceboats and a tankard. It sold for 14 guineas and was bought by David Manheim, who sold the teapots to Geoffrey Godden's father, mindful of his son's interest in Lowestoft. Geoffrey bought three of the teapots from his father for £11, the other two of which were sold by Bonhams on 30 June 2010, lots 36 and 37. The fourth teapot was kept by Geoffrey's father before being subsequently sold, and is now in the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.
The Wentworth Woodhouse teapots are discussed at length by Geoffrey Godden, , 2004, pp.71-93 and 106-111, where he notes similarities between the present lot and the wasters from the Pomona Potworks at Newcastle-under-Lyme. He also notes that certain features of this teapot, notably the turned finial and pinched lower handle terminal, may indicate that a potter experienced in earthenware or saltglaze stoneware may have been involved in its manufacture.
The 1st Marquis of Rockingham, the Right Honourable William Wentworth, married Anne, the Daughter of the Duke of Argyle, in 1741. They naturally visited London during the season and patronised Nicholas Sprimont as a silversmith. The Second Marquis, Charles Watson Wentworth, succeeded to the title in 1750 and surviving invoices show the family continued to buy Chelsea, Worcester, Chinese and other porcelain from the leading china dealers of the time, see Alwyn and Angela Cox, 'Chelsea, Bow and Worcester - Some Early Invoices', , Vol.10, Pt.4, 1979, p.200. It is likely that William Wentworth purchased a selection of pieces for the china cabinets at Wentworth Woodhouse in around 1747 and, assuming they were purchased by the Marquis together as a group, they show the principal ranges of decoration used at the Limehouse factory at this time. This includes European figures, chinoiseries and direct copies of Chinese emblems. A teapot of different form but identical decoration in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1973) is illustrated by Ray Jones, 2018, p.223, fig.1.
Footnotes
Provenance
Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, Christie's, 14 October 1948, lot 3 (part) (as Lowestoft);
With David Manheim;
Leslie Godden Collection;
Godden Reference Collection, Bonhams 18 May 2011, lot 253
Literature
Godden, Geoffrey, Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain, p.38, pl.29;
Godden, Geoffrey, English Blue and White Porcelain, 2004, p.78, col. pl.17, p.88, pl.90 and dustjacket;
Godden, Geoffrey, Godden's New Guide to English Porcelain, 2004, p.101, pl.119;
Jones, Ray, , 2018, p.233, fig.ii;
White, Mary, , Vol.2, 2021, p.313
Stoke-on-Trent Museum
This important teapot formed part of a collection of ceramics from Wentworth Woodhouse, sold by Christies in 1948 on behalf of Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company. The teapot was included as part of lot 3, listed as 'Four Teapots and covers, variously painted in blue with Chinese figures, utensils and trees-probably Lowestoft', which also included a pair of sauceboats and a tankard. It sold for 14 guineas and was bought by David Manheim, who sold the teapots to Geoffrey Godden's father, mindful of his son's interest in Lowestoft. Geoffrey bought three of the teapots from his father for £11, the other two of which were sold by Bonhams on 30 June 2010, lots 36 and 37. The fourth teapot was kept by Geoffrey's father before being subsequently sold, and is now in the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.
The Wentworth Woodhouse teapots are discussed at length by Geoffrey Godden, , 2004, pp.71-93 and 106-111, where he notes similarities between the present lot and the wasters from the Pomona Potworks at Newcastle-under-Lyme. He also notes that certain features of this teapot, notably the turned finial and pinched lower handle terminal, may indicate that a potter experienced in earthenware or saltglaze stoneware may have been involved in its manufacture.
The 1st Marquis of Rockingham, the Right Honourable William Wentworth, married Anne, the Daughter of the Duke of Argyle, in 1741. They naturally visited London during the season and patronised Nicholas Sprimont as a silversmith. The Second Marquis, Charles Watson Wentworth, succeeded to the title in 1750 and surviving invoices show the family continued to buy Chelsea, Worcester, Chinese and other porcelain from the leading china dealers of the time, see Alwyn and Angela Cox, 'Chelsea, Bow and Worcester - Some Early Invoices', , Vol.10, Pt.4, 1979, p.200. It is likely that William Wentworth purchased a selection of pieces for the china cabinets at Wentworth Woodhouse in around 1747 and, assuming they were purchased by the Marquis together as a group, they show the principal ranges of decoration used at the Limehouse factory at this time. This includes European figures, chinoiseries and direct copies of Chinese emblems. A teapot of different form but identical decoration in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1973) is illustrated by Ray Jones, 2018, p.223, fig.1.
