Punch pot, or teapot, red stoneware, inverted pear shape, applied sprigs of exotic birds and chinoiserie figures - one possibly showing the making and consumption of hot punch - within a rococo border, pseudo-Chinese seal mark on base, made in Staffordshire, c1760
though there is a strainer where the spout is attached to the body, which would usually suggest that the item was intended for pouring tea, the very large size of this vessel makes it almost certainly a punch pot
though there is a strainer where the spout is attached to the body, which would usually suggest that the item was intended for pouring tea, the very large size of this vessel makes it almost certainly a punch pot
