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Lot Essay
This fanciful teapot was traditionally thought to have been inspired by a Saint Cloud porcelain teapot,1 however, the Chelsea model differs considerably and it would seem more likely that Nicholas Sprimont, the proprietor of the Chelsea porcelain manufactory, adapted the present model from a Chinese blanc de Chine figure of Budai.
Only four other teapots of this form are known: the example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no. C.46&A-1938 (Wallace Elliot collection)2, the example in Colonial Williamsburg, accession no. 1962-83,A&B (Kaufman collection)3 and an example in the collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. McGregor Stewart, sale Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1973, lot 84.
A related teapot, with the spout modelled as a snake, is in the British Museum, London, accession no. 1887,0307,II.12. See lot 78 in the present sale for a tea caddy of similar form.
1. See Klaber and Klaber, Summer Catalogue 2003, no. 1.
2. See Honey, Old English Porcelain, London, 1948, pl. I; Reginald Blunt (Ed.), The Cheyne Book ofChelsea China and Pottery, London, 1973, pl. 4, no. 28 and Glendenning and MacAlister, 'Chelsea, The Triangle Period', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. I, no. 3, 1935, pl. XII(b).
3. See John C. Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1977, p. 18, pl. 2 and Frank Tilley,Teapots and Tea, pl. 15, fig. 54.
Only four other teapots of this form are known: the example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no. C.46&A-1938 (Wallace Elliot collection)2, the example in Colonial Williamsburg, accession no. 1962-83,A&B (Kaufman collection)3 and an example in the collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. McGregor Stewart, sale Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1973, lot 84.
A related teapot, with the spout modelled as a snake, is in the British Museum, London, accession no. 1887,0307,II.12. See lot 78 in the present sale for a tea caddy of similar form.
1. See Klaber and Klaber, Summer Catalogue 2003, no. 1.
2. See Honey, Old English Porcelain, London, 1948, pl. I; Reginald Blunt (Ed.), The Cheyne Book ofChelsea China and Pottery, London, 1973, pl. 4, no. 28 and Glendenning and MacAlister, 'Chelsea, The Triangle Period', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. I, no. 3, 1935, pl. XII(b).
3. See John C. Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1977, p. 18, pl. 2 and Frank Tilley,Teapots and Tea, pl. 15, fig. 54.
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Lot 75
Sale 22697
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CIRCA 1745-1749, INCISED TRIANGLE MARK
A CHELSEA WHITE PORCELAIN FIGURAL TEAPOT AND COVER
Estimate: GBP 25,000 - 40,000
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