Lot 31 A rare Staffordshire Royal commemorative redware teapot and cover, circa 1761

A rare Staffordshire Royal commemorative redware teapot and cover, circa 1761

GBP 700

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Of attractive small size with a tapered spout and loop handle, the cylindrical body applied with sprigged decoration, both sides depicting the crowned figures of King George III and Queen Charlotte seated and holding hands, flanked by winged Cupids and beneath the initials 'G R', others depicting elegantly dressed chinoiserie ladies at various pursuits, including one with a bird, the low domed cover sprigged with formal scroll and foliate motifs and with a turned finial, 7.8cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
With Garry Atkins, 2003;
Robin Simpson Collection
A Staffordshire redware punch pot with identical sprigs of the King and Queen is illustrated by Stella Beddoe, A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain, 2015, p.19, no.027, where she states that George and Charlotte's marriage and coronation are likely commemorated, both of which took place within fifteen days of one another in 1761.