Staffordshire White Salt-Glazed Chinoiserie Stoneware Teapot and Cover

British, mid-18th century, of rotund bulbous form with crabstock handle and spout, elaborately decorated with relief applique sprigs and floral tracery designs in the Chinese style, modeled on three lion mask and paw feet, the conforming cover surmounted by a bird finial, underside retains the New York ceramic dealer label of ''D.M. & P. Manheim.”


5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

Acquired from the Collection of Robert Hunter, and previously D.M. & P. Manheim Ltd., New York.

Emily (Millie) Manheim is a highly respected ceramics scholar and dealer who split her time between London and New York.

Literature: Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, White Salt-Glazed Stoneware of the British Isles, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Eng.: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2005.

Cover with 1 inch hairline; firing hairline to teapot collar; some minor small areas of loss to areas of the applique.