A Worcester 'Boy on a Buffalo' teapot and cover
circa 1755
pencilled in black with the young boy astride a bovine mount, the reverse with birds in flight above another buffalo and two sampans in the distance, painted mark,
14cm high (cracked)

Provenance: Ex. Philip Miller Collection.

Condition Report

There are four chips to the teapot's cover and the finial has been re-attached. The teapot is cracked right around the entire body and underneath there handle, and there is a small chip to the interior of the spout's rim.

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