Antique Staffordshire Blue & White Transferware Tea Pot Late 1700's Early 1800's
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This is a very early Staffordshire Tea Pot featuring a Hunting scene with dogs and a man in a rural scenic location. The colors are a deep cobalt blue on a creamy white background with a glossy finish entirely covering this piece both inside and out and top to bottom. There is also some pink luster around the cover, handle and rim. This piece came from the estate of life long collectors who had some very hard to come by scarce porcelain and pottery of all kinds. This tea pot has all the attributes of being made in the late 17th to early 18th Century. The shape, style and the intense stylized hand work throughout this pot are definitely extremely old. This type of transfer ware decoration is unquestionably one of the earlier styles. I guarantee it's authenticity. They stopped making these highly decorated pieces a few years later when they then became somewhat mass producing similar items. Everything on this early piece was done to perfection. I have taken several pictures for your better understanding. There are no real markings on the base which is also a solid indication that this is a very early piece, which was made close to 100 years before it even became law to mark a country of origin or before it was thought to even mark the Company from which it was made. I have taken several pictures for your better understanding. I will
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