$237
Two Teapots, America, and England, early 19th century, a squat bulbous-form pewter teapot with hinged lid and turned wood finial, hollow pewter handle, by Roswell Gleason, Dorchester, Massachusetts, with maker's mark "R GLEASON" in a rectangle (side dents); and an English Britannia teapot of octagonal paneled form with wooden handle, hinged lid with molded gadroon border and wood finial, marked "JAMES DIXON & SON[S] 8" on the base, (repaired handle), ht. 7 1/2, 11 in., respectively. Two dents on either side of lower bulbous area of Gleason teapot; handle of Dixon teapot repaired above thumbhold.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07