19th century, Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 29 June - 6 July 2020
The Eye of the Collector
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 - 400
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 821
About this Item
Staffordshire, England
A Staffordshire pearlware blue and white 'chinoiserie' teapot, Adams, Tunstall, late 19th/early 20th century
of ovoid outline, transfer-printed with a cartouche of a small boy dancing, being observed by two attendants before a balustraded garden, the reverse with a cartouche of a flower-and-fruit-filled panier with a pheasant perched on its handle, the whole enclosed by a simulated crackle ground, the cover surmounted by a flowerhead, the base inscribed ‘Rd No 623294, This Pattern was introduced by William Adams in 1780 being a copy of a Chinese pattern & one of the first of its style produced in English pottery. Mm Adams, ENGLAND’, impressed ‘ADAMS, TUNSTALL, 24’, 18,5cm high
Provenance
From the Late Lady Ina Oppenheimer Blue Bird Farm Collection.