A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE DIAMOND-SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER, CIRCA 1755

each side reserved with a square panel decorated with a scallop shell in low relief on a dense ground molded with repeated Greek key and infinity motifs.

The molding of the cover is less crisp than that of the pot; the knop is restored. There are several very minor fine, short haircracks to the neck of the pot; otherwise, in generally good condition.
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A similar teapot and cover is illustrated by Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen Hood in Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America, p. 117, fig. 27.