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RARE VINTAGE MYOTTS POTTERIES, COBRIDGE PORCELAIN TEAPOT DECORATED IN TONQUIN PATTERN
AN EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE TEAPOT DECORATED IN A SERIES OF SPACED GOLD TRIM BANDS WHICH ENCIRCLE THE ITEMS LID AND BODY WITH GOLD SCROLL PATTERNS ON THE LID FINIAL, SPOUT AND HANDLE. THE TEAPOT STANDS UPON A SHORT FLARED BASE WHICH IS DECORATED WITH A FLORAL MOTIF IN RAISED DETAIL ALONG A SCALLOPED EDGE.. THIS PARTICULAR PATTERN DESIGNED AND RELEASED BY MYOTTS POTTERIES IS CALLED THE TONQUIN PATTERN.
THE RIM OF THIS CLASSICALLY ELIZABETHAN SHAPED TEAPOT IS ALSO MILDLY SCALLOPED AND TOUCHED WITH GOLD TRIM
NOT ONLY IS THIS LOVELY WHITE PORCELAIN TEAPOT A SUPERB DECORATIVE ITEM BUT IT IS ALSO COLLECTABLE
MYOTTS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1898 BY ASHLEY MYOTT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER SYDNEY. THE FIRM WORKED THE ALEXANDER POTTERY IN STOKE. THE BROTHERS THEN EXPANDED BY TAKING OVER THE FORMER BROWNFIELDS WORKS FACTORY IN COBRIDGE. IN 1969 MYOTTS WERE BOUGHT BY INTERPACE, AN AMERICAN CORPORATION WHO WERE AT THE TIME THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF TABLEWARE IN USA. THE MYOTT NAME WAS RETAINED AND IN 1976 MERGED WITH ALFRED MEAKIN Ltd AND BECAME MYOTT-MEAKIN Ltd. IN 1991 THE COMPANY WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE CHURCHILL GROUP OF POTTERIES
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE TEAPOT IS IMPRESSED UNDERNEATH - "MYOTTS , ENGLAND, B Y"
CONDITION : THE TEAPOT HAS SOME AGE RELATED CRAZING ON THE BOTTOM INSIDE AND TWO SMALL CRAZING SPOTS UNDERNEATH, ASIDE FROM WHICH IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 13cm HEIGHT WITH FINIAL.....10.4cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....9.8cm HEIGHT OF SPOUT.....10cm HEIGHT OF RIM..... 9.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....12cm DIAMETER OF RIM.....24cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
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This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier