A beautiful Caughley teapot stand, decorated in underglaze blue with the 'Pagoda' pattern and dating from 1780. The shape of the teapot stand is hexagonal with a raised rim with a shaped and scalloped edge. It is marked on the underside with the Caughley 'Salopian' mark of an 'Sx'.

The flat base of the teapot stand is decorated with the charming underglaze blue and white 'pagoda' pattern. The main oriental scene depicts a large pagoda, from which this pattern takes its name, within a landscape of hills, trees houses, bridges, fencing, a boat and people.

There is an associated oriental border which decorates the raised rim of the teapot stand. The rim of the stand is gilded and there is a gilded line round the lower edge of the decorative border.

This is a beautiful Caughley Blue and White 'Pagoda' pattern Hexagonal Teapot Stand, c1780.

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

• 6" (600mm) max. diameter of the teapot stand.
• 4" (102mm) max. diameter of the flat centre section of the teapot stand.
• 1" (25mm) height of the raised rim.
• 6¾oz (195gm) weight

Marks:

It is marked on the underside with the Caughley 'Salopian' mark of an 'Sx' and dates from c1780.

Condition:

This beautiful Caughley teapot stand is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration, a very clean example. The blue and white decoration is nice and crisp and clear. The only extremely minor imperfection is very slight wear to the gilding on the rim, see below. This is a very fine Caughley teapot stand for the collector of Caughley or early English tea wares.