Teatime at the Met

Result GBP460,000

Published on 22 February 2018, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

This very rare teapot, estimated £10,000/20,000, was purchased for £460,000 by a London dealer on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Tamzin Corbett of auctioneers Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, Southern England, said the owner was unaware of the item’s value when he bought it for £15 at a local antiques fair...

Attributed to John Bartlam (Cain Hoy, South Carolina, 1765-1770), an American porcelain... Teatime at the Met

Attributed to John Bartlam (Cain Hoy, South Carolina, 1765-1770), an American porcelain teapot,
c. 1765-69, printed in underglaze blue, height: 9 cm.
Salisbury (England), 20 February, Woolley & Wallis.

Result: €460,000

This very rare teapot, estimated £10,000/20,000, was purchased for £460,000 by a London dealer on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Tamzin…

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