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Lot 73

Two William Greatbatch creamware teapots and covers, circa 1770-82

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £612 inc. premium

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Two William Greatbatch creamware teapots and covers, circa 1770-82

Of globular form on pedestal feet, with pierced galleried rims, printed in outline and hand-coloured, one with 'The Prodigal Son in Excess' and 'The Prodigal Son in Misery', the other with 'The Prodigal Son Receives his Patrimony' and 'The Prodigal Son Taking Leave', 15.4cm and 13cm high (4)

Footnotes

Provenance
David Drakard Collection (first mentioned)

The first teapot is illustrated by David Barker, William Greatbatch (1991), p.230, pl.142 and in the Northern Ceramics Society 1986 exhibition catalogue, p.65, no.7.

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