Aged Earthenware French Teapot with Hand Painted Floral Decoration

This piece is a little bit of me, and I've been sorely tempted to keep it. Luckily for you, I need to reorganise my own collections before I start new ones, so this is available for sale.

It's a beautiful item. And although it is missing its original lid, this is easily forgiven because the combination of the pretty hand painted floral decoration and aged, buttery crazing and colouring to make this rather delightful. It is aged to perfection!

There is no damage to the pot, simply some aged crazing on the bottom half, no doubt a result of where hot water has sat inside over time. There is also some staining to the top rim and inside, again from where it has been used.

Although it is no longer usable as a teapot, if I was keeping it I would certainly use it as a rather unique vase for flowers.

Height, 15cm; Width, 16cm; Diameter, 13cm at widest point