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Minature teapot, earthenware, standing on a cylindrical foot-rim, globular body, short cylindrical neck, plain curving spout, plain loop handle, round domed cover with flat collar-like rim, to the top of the cover an oviform finial with a pierced steam hole through it; transfer-printed in black with to the exterior sides of the teapot two Chinese-style scenes, one showing a small figure in an enclosure formed by an oriental fence and a pagoda with oriental trees to either side, the other showing two figures in a garden setting with urns, a bench and flowering plants, border to the shoulder of a scale pattern enclosed by scrolls issuing spreading foliage with hatched panels, a similar border to the rim of the cover, floral sprays to the spout, the handle and the finial of the cover. The foot-rim and the rim of the cover chipped.