Teapot, bone china, Old Oval shape with double-ended pouring guard, decorated with black bat prints of fruit and flowers, gilt rims and details, impressed number 5 and painted pattern number 500 in gold on base, made by Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordsh

Teapot, bone china, Old Oval shape with double-ended pouring guard, decorated with black bat prints of fruit and flowers, gilt rims and details, impressed number 5 and painted pattern number 500 in gold on base, made by Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, c1805
bone china; the original lid is missing and has been replaced by a similar one without a steam hole, probably from a sugar pot; the Old Oval Shape is copied from contemporary silver