Teapot — CRC# 1614

Description

A Plymouth globular teapot and domed cover, with loop handle and pointed knop, finely painted in underglaze blue in Chinese style with pine, peony and rockwork, within broad cell diaper bands, with flowers and leaves, and diaper borders, 6 1/2" high, circa 1770, inscribed beneath with repairers mark for 'Coombes, Queen Street, Bristol' and dated 1801

Service

Blue/white

Mark

No mark

Labels

Repaired Coombes, Queen Street, Bristol 1801

Historic Provenance

Simon Spero, acquired 7th July 2003; Creed Collection Part 1 No 76

Notes

Edward Coombes is recorded as a 'China Mender' in Queen Street in 1793 in Mathews Trade Directories. The collection of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery includes pieces signed by Coombes and dated between 1778 and 1801

CRC#

1614

Type

Teapot