Creamware pottery teapot printed with ‘Captain James Cook directed by Britannia’, circa 1776, Greatbatch Pottery

Captain James Cook (7 November 1728– 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and was the first recorded European to visit the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands

Provenance: Ex Jonathan Horne Antiques London. Ex Donald Towner Collection. See no. 35A in Creamware by Donald Towner for the this teapot

Height: 5 ⅞”

Condition: The tip of the spout restored

£4,800

US$6,528