Teapot, creamware, globular shape with an hexagonal spout, strap handle and button knop on lid, decorated with a black and red painted pheasant and a single tulip, not marked, made in Derby and probably decorated in the independent enamelling shop of Jasper Robinson and David Rhodes in Leeds, c1765
old display label reads; Teapot: medium cream: the badly potted oval body and yellow glaze with horizontal crazing, oval loop handle faceted on inside, octagonal spout and button knop with central steam vent confirm its Cockpit Hill, Derby origin. The finely painted bird (tulip on reverse) in Venetian red and black has highlights which have been scratched with a pointed tool and as these designs also occur in Leeds, 1770-1775, after Rhodes had left for London, the enamelling is most likely the work of Jasper robinson of Leeds.
old display label reads; Teapot: medium cream: the badly potted oval body and yellow glaze with horizontal crazing, oval loop handle faceted on inside, octagonal spout and button knop with central steam vent confirm its Cockpit Hill, Derby origin. The finely painted bird (tulip on reverse) in Venetian red and black has highlights which have been scratched with a pointed tool and as these designs also occur in Leeds, 1770-1775, after Rhodes had left for London, the enamelling is most likely the work of Jasper robinson of Leeds.
