London decorated Chinese Teapot
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A Chinese teapot decorated in a Kakiemon palette with flowers and birds. c.1740 Mark: crossed swords in blue enamel Ht: 4.7", 12 cm Ref: Stephen Hanscombe; The Early James Giles China and his Contemporary London Decorators, Fig.8 for a similarly decorated Limehouse teapot.  The crossed swords mark suggests the decorator ws trying to pass this teapot off an Meissen. |