BESWICK CHARLES DICKENS SAM WELLER TEAPOT

BESWICK CHARLES DICKENS SAM WELLER TEAPOT (image 1/1)
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THIS BESWICK CHARLES DICKENS SAM WELLER TEAPOT is in good condition, no cracks,sight crazing. It has superb detail, and has a high quality glazed finish, as all BESWICK CHARLES DICKENS COLLECTION teapots do. THIS TEAPOT IS FROM THE BESWICK COLLECTION OF CHARLES DICKENS CHARACTER TEAPOTS MANUFACTURED AROUND 1950. THERE ARE 4 TEAPOTS IN THE COLLECTION: SAM WELLER / DOLLY VARDEN / SAIREY GAMP / PEGGOTTY. THIS TEAPOT IS SAM WELLER, HE HAS A CHEEKY GRIN ON HIS FACE. THE DETAIL OF SAM WELLERS FACE IS EXCELLENT. HE IS WEARING A SMALL BRIMMMED HAT, COCKED OVER ONE EYE. THE TOP PART OF SAM WELLERS HAT IS THE LID OF THE TEAPOT.The teapot stands 6 inches high, and measures 6.75 inches handle to spout. It is back stamped BESWICK. ENGLAND. 1369 SAM WELLER. PRINTED STAMP BESWICK ENGLAND 34. SAM WELLER is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is the character that made Dickens famous. Weller first appeared in the third serialised episode. Previously the monthly parts of the book had been doing badly — the humour of the SAM WELLER character transformed the book into a publishing phenomenon. His way of quoting people has led to the label wellerism, often a type of proverb.In chapter 10 of the novel, the eponymous hero Mr Pickwick meets Sam Weller working at the White Hart Inn in The Borough and soon read more
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