Teapot, or punch pot, red stoneware, inverted pear shape, decorated with applied sprigs of prunus and an exotic bird, the reeded spout and handle spring from acanthus mouldings, pseudo-Chinese seal mark on base, attributed to the Foley Pottery, Fenton C

Teapot, or punch pot, red stoneware, inverted pear shape, decorated with applied sprigs of prunus and an exotic bird, the reeded spout and handle spring from acanthus mouldings, pseudo-Chinese seal mark on base, attributed to the Foley Pottery, Fenton Culvert, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, c1760-1770
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 large size of this vessel may indicate that it is a punch pot