Lot 516 , A Moorcroft late Florian tea kettle and cover, and a matching sugar bowl and cover, c.1915, teapot 16.5cm, both with repairs

A Moorcroft late Florian tea kettle and cover, and a matching sugar bowl and cover, c.1915, predominantly decorated in green and blue tones, impressed marks Moorcroft Burslem and green inscribed W. Moorcroft signatures, teapot 16.5cm, both with repairs
Estimate £100-150

Both with fine crazing to the glaze all over.
The tea kettle has been broken into 4 sections and re-stuck with some splinter losses around the messy joins, shallow chip to the end of the spout.
One handle of the sugar bowl has broken and messily re-stuck with some splinter losses around the joins, the cover has a hairline crack one third of the diameter length which is only obvious on the underside.


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Sold for £260