Very Rare Early Flowering Plants Pattern Miniature Teapot and Cover c1760-64

A very rare and early Lowestoft porcelain miniature teapot and cover, hand painted with a garden pattern c1760-64.

The teapot measures 13.6cm in diameter including the handle and spout and stands 9cm tall with the cover in place.

Professional restoration to the tip of the spout, a body crack (around the top of the handle terminal, probably started as a firing crack) and slight/short rim cracks. The inner rim of the cover also has professional restoration to approximately 1/5.

Marked to the inside of the foot with an 8.

Ex Howell collection.

For an example of the rare teapot sold at Bonhams, part of the Geoffrey Godden collection.