Teapot, creamware, low round shape (Wedgwood's shape no 146) with angular handle, decorated with green printed Napoleon Ivy pattern; several marks on base, including back-stamp with pattern name, printed pattern number with AL prefix denoting ware with combined onglaze and underglaze decoration, factory mark and indistinct impressed date mark, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Barlaston, Staffordshire, c1950
there is no evidence for the claim made on the back-stamp, that wares of this pattern were supplied for use by Napoleon in exile on St Helena, though it is found on wares of that period (c1815)
there is no evidence for the claim made on the back-stamp, that wares of this pattern were supplied for use by Napoleon in exile on St Helena, though it is found on wares of that period (c1815)
