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Teapot, white earthenware, globular shape, undecorated, the lid fixed to the inside of the hammered finish, insulated metal jacket, base of teapot marked MADE IN ENGLAND, jacket inscribed with patent number 523942, unidentified maker, c1940-1950

Teapot, buff stoneware, globular shape, salt-glazed, decorated with two oval panels of incised arcs, not marked, made by David Guiver, c1975-1985
this teapot, and possibly other work by David Guiver, was retailed by the Casson Gallery, Marylebone High Street in the late '70s or early '80s; however, nothing more seems to be known of this maker

Teapot, or wine pot, red stoneware, pear shape, decorated with applied prunus branches and cormorant on a scroll wave, not marked, made in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China, probably c1850-1900
the possibility that this is a wine pot rather than a teapot exists because there is only a plain opening where the spout joins the pot, instead of the usual multiple holes or strainer

Teapot, red earthenware, pear shape, high domed lid with knop in the form of a similar teapot, brown glazed with applied birds and flowers and two-part inscription A PRESENT / FROM A FRIEND, not marked, made in Measham, Leicestershire, c1890-1900
teapot is an example of barge ware, traditionally supposed to have been used aboard narrow boats

Teapot, bone china, oblong shape, reproduction of an early 19th century teapot decorated with green printed Chinese Tigers pattern; Colonial Williamsburg back-stamp on base, with pattern name and Wedgwood's Portland Vase and other factory marks, made for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation by J Wedgwood and Sons, Barlaston, Staffordshire, c1962-1980
Chinese Tigers pattern is associated with Wedgwood's first period bone china production of 1812-1831

Teapot, hard paste porcelain, globular shape, decorated with a scene of two doves perched on a quiver before an altar bearing two pierced hearts, not marked, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, about 1762
the scene on this teapot is referred to as the Valentine pattern; the technique of painting in thin black lines with red and gilt details is borrowed from an 18th century German style named schwarzlot, better known on Chinese porcelain for its use in religious subjects, rather than the romantic one shown here