Lot 691

Staffordshire Lead Glazed Earthenware Pineapple Teapot

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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British, 18th century, Whieldon type, press molded, diamond textured fruit with cabbage spout, leaf molded handle, flattened foliate finial, lower body with stiff leaf tips, 5-1/2 in.

Provenance: Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, September 16, 2022, lot 546, sold for $3,997.50; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

Note: For a similar example see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "Teapot in the form of a pineapple", circa 1750-70, 14.68.6a, b

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Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, September 16, 2022, lot 546, sold for $3,997.50; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

surface dirt and accretion, minor chips to finial, lid rim, tip of spout, and foot, chips to a few leaves, crazing, discoloration, hairline to interior, firing flaws to lid, interior, and leaves