mid to late 18th century, all attributed to William Greatbatch, comprising: cylindrical form lidded teapot, enamel decoration depicting "The Prodigal Son Taking Leave" and "The Prodigal Son Receives His Patrimony", flower lid final, 6 x 8-1/4 x 4 in.; creamware lidded teapot and creamer, each with molded foliate and berry decoration, multicolored glaze, mushroom lid finials, teapot 4-3/4 x 7 x 4-1/4 in., creamer 6 x 4 x 3-1/2 in.

Provenance: (Prodigal Son teapot) Tennants Auctioneers, January 13, 2023, lot 140; (Molded teapot) Sotheby's, October 23, 2019, lot 43; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

Note: The story of the Prodigal Son is told in six prints, usually found paired on William Greatbatch teapots: The Prodigal Son Receives his Patrimony with The Prodigal Son takes his Leave; The Prodigal Son in Excess with The Prodigal Son Feasted on his Return. David Barker, William Greatbatch, a Staffordshire Potter, pg. 229-232 discusses the series in detail and illustrates a number of extant pots together with excavated shards decorated with details from the various prints, plates 140-144. Additionally, for a similar William Greatbatch prodigal son example, see Sotheby's New York, Important English Pottery, the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, January 20th 2006, lot 175.