Coalport 'John Rose' New fluted Oval Gilt Teapot, 'Interlinked Ellipses and Dot' Gilt Decoration, c1798

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A very attractive John Rose Coalport teapot and cover c1798. It is elegantly decorated in gilded decoration with the main decoration being a wide band of gilded ellipses which are interlinked with additional gilded dots between two thick gilded bands, this applied around the shoulder of the teapot and round the rim of the cover.

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John Rose had been an apprentice to Thomas Turner at the Caughley factory until aged 21 when he set up his own manufacturing company with Edward Blakeway at Jackfields around 1793. By 1796 they had set up a works across the other side of the River Severn at Coalport, from where this delightful teapot originated.

The main body of the oval teapot is of a moulded vertical flute design. These flutes also continue on the cover.

The teapot also has a garland of stylised gilded foliage on the flat part of the shoulder, gilded band around the foot and gilded finial to the cover. Further gilt decoration is applied to the spout and handle.

All gilding on this teapot is very fine and of a rich honey colour that is very bright.

The gilding to the half moulded spout includes stylised foliage on either side of the spout, rows of dots on the lower moulded portion of the spout, etc.

There is an open loop handle to the teapot, this has a gilt line to both sides and to the back edge.

There is an inward pointing spur to the lower portion of the handle.

The oval cover has the same very fine gilt decoration as the teapot and has an oval fluted finial which is gilded to the top portion.

This is an elegant Coalport 'John Rose' New fluted Oval Gilt Teapot, 'Interlinked Ellipses and Dot' Gilt Decoration, c1798

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

6¾" (180mm) height of the teapot to the tip of the cover finial.
10" (255mm) length of the teapot from the tip of the spout to the back edge of the handle.
1lb 8¼oz (693gms) weight of the teapot and cover.

Marks:

There are no manufacturer's marks on this teapot and cover, but it is from the Coalport factory c1798.

Condition:

This most attractive and elegant Coalport gilded teapot and cover are generally in good condition, the gilding is bright and crisp with only very little wear - mainly on the top portion of the handle. There is a fault in that the handle on the top portion has sustained a chip and a crack from the chip right round the handle. The chip has been restored with a filler which is visible, this damage is shown in the three pictures below. Even with this damage the handle is still very firm. Apart from this fault, this is a very fine Coalport example.

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