A GROUP OF FOUR STAFFORDSHIRE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE TEAPOTS AND COVERS CIRCA 1755-60

comprising: three each painted in a famille-rose palette with various oriental flowers issuing from pierced rockwork, two each with a green-ground scroll-edged diaper border, the fourth painted on either side with a spray of colorful flowers reserved within a circular yellow-enamel edged panel on a bright green ground, all affixed with crabstock handles and spouts. Some minor chips and restoration.

The smaller famille-rose teapot, the Collection of A. T. Morley-Hewitt
Sold, Sotheby's, London, January 10, 1967, lot 150
Sold, Christie's, London, May 8, 1967, lot 16
Jellinek and Sampson, London
The David and Charlotte Zeitlin Collection, bearing collection label, no. SA11
Property of the Estate of Mary Caroline Herter, Washington, D. C., sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., April, 22, 1981, lot 5
The larger teapot with diaper border, Art Trading Ltd., New York
The smaller teapot with diaper border, the Schaffer Collection, sold, Phillip's, New York, December 1, 1979, lot 52
Sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, April 22, 1981, lot 3

The green-ground teapot, London, Sotheby's Belgravia,  "English Ceramics" 1580-1830, August 11-28, 1977.

Left to right in the catalogue image: The smaller famille-rose teapot: Has a long restored haircrack extending from halfway up the side of the body on one side of the handle down across the base and up the opposite side for 1/2 inch below the spout. Its entire base is sprayed possibly covering a starcrack. Its spout is restored and there is a very minor tiny chip to the inner flange of the rim. Its knop has been off and restored back. The smaller teapot with the diaper border: Its handle has been broken and restored as has the tip of its spout. The knop has a restored break, and the cover has a 1 1/2 inch patch of restoration to its upper edge probably covering a shallow chip, and three additional minor 1/8 inch chips to its edge. The larger teapot with the diaper border: The end of its spout has been restored. The knop and cover have been broken, possibly in half, and restored. There is a minor 1/8 inch flat chip to the underside of the cover's rim edge. The green teapot: Has a 1/2 inch shallow chip to its footrim beneath the spout issuing a restored haircrack extending up to and continuing halfway along the end of the spout where it meets the body. The minor flange of the rim has three very minor pinhead chips. The cover has been in at least two pieces and restored, and its edge has several very minor chips.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

A teapot very similarly decorated to the largest teapot in this group was in the collection of Bernard and Judith Newman, sold in these rooms, January 20, 2005, lot 121.