A large earthenware kettle-shaped teapot produced by Spode, featuring a globular body with a fixed overhead handle and a separate fitted lid. The vessel is decorated in the Blue Italian pattern using an underglaze transfer-printing technique. The central scene depicts a pastoral Italianate landscape with classical ruins and figures, framed by a dense floral and scroll border that extends across the shoulders and the scrolled terminals of the handle. The handle is designed with a central white gadrooned grip for handling. The base bears a black printed mark reading Spode, ENGLAND, ITALIAN, SPODE DESIGN, C.1816 M, alongside an impressed mark reading M 2.
Height: 32 cm.
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