Description:
Dutch delft small teapot with cover decorated in blue. This pot's shape was inspired by Chinese export porcelain and Yixing red stoneware. Its small size typifies early eighteenth-century teapots, reflecting the expense of tea at that time. This teapot is a rare survival, given delftware's tendency to crack when it comes into contact with boiling water. The domed cover with its ball-like final and slightly flared edge is covered with four-dot clusters and three branches with leaves; the bottom edge of the lid has some chips and glaze losses. The body has a compressed ball shape with short spout and attached round-section strap handle. The body is decorated with the same dot clusters, large petaled flowers with leaves, and large dots with a circle around them; there are blue stripes on the spout and handle.

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