A fine Bristol teapot and cover

A fine Bristol ogee shaped teapot and cover, with flower and leaf knop, the ear shaped handle with leaf moulded thumbpiece, very finely painted in purple monochrome with figures and boats in estuary landscapes, within orange and gilt scroll and ribbon borders, gilt dentil rims, 6" high, circa 1775, no mark 

Provenance; Alfred Trapnell Collection
                      Sharp Collection
                      The Frances Shand Kidd Collection
                      Simon Spero, 2004 Exhibition, number 21

Exhibited; English Ceramic Circle, Commemorative Exhibition, 1977, number 200

See F S Mackenna, Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain, page 110, number 69, for the spoon tray from this celebrated service 

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