1359
1359m
1359a
1359c
Teapot — CRC# 1359
- Description
- A Bristol teapot and cover, c.1772-75, the ogee form painted with scattered flower sprays in red and green beneath a formal border. Faint blue X mark obscured by brown paint. 10cm high.
- Date
- 1773-78
- Size
- 10cm high
- Condition
- Firing crack to the bottom of wonky handle
- Mark
- Blue X
- Mark Group
- X
- Decorator
- No mark
- Maker
- Champion
- Labels
- Witherick Collection
- Historic Provenance
- Witherick Collection; Patricia Macleod
- Notes
- The overpainted mark features on other pieces (eg 1558). It is very hard to tell what the underglaze mark is. It looks like an X but would make more sense if it is crossed swords.
- CRC#
- 1359
- Type
- Teapot
1359b
Historic illustrations, exhibitions and provenance
H0335 · 2024
A tiny coffee pot, with crossed sword mark painted over. From the Creed sale at Albert Amor
Source: The Creed Collection of Plymouth & Bristol Porcelain (part II)