Fabulous Rare 1926 Shelley Pottery Art Deco Mabel Lucie Attwell Boo Boo Teapot

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Fabulous Rare 1926 Shelley Pottery Art Deco Mabel Lucie Attwell Boo Boo Teapot:
$401.50

A beautiful & rare, hand painted, Shelley Pottery, Art Deco, circa 1926, \'Boo Boo\' patterned, mushroom house, teapot, designed and signed by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Please look at all 12 photos to fully appreciate the quality and workmanship of thisstunninglittle teapot.
This Mabel Lucie Attwell, animals and children\'s nursery ware teapot, often called \'Boo Boo\' depicts a little red clothed elf, standing by the doorway of his quaint, partly thatched, mushroom house, with his tiny friendly rabbit by his side !!
It\'s inabsolutely fantastic originalcondition, manufactured by Shelley Pottery, England.The detailing and workmanship in this beautiful little teapot is truly superb, realstrong vibrant colours,absolutely exquisite. I really don\'t believe my pictures are doing this little tea pot, true justice.The basehas all the green, Shelley England, distinct markings, with manufacturing number 724421, and guaranteed 100% genuine.

Condition ... No chips, cracks, scratches, fleabites, restoration or damage. It does have a tiny amount of glaze crazing commensurate with 88 years of age, but nothing unusual. Just avery nice, early Art Deco, Shelley pottery, children\'s teapot, in lovely original condition.

Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879–1964)

A British Illustrator. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy.

Madel Lucie Attwell was born inMile End, London, 1879,the sixth child of butcher Augustus Attwell and his wife Emily Ann. She was educated privately and at the Coopers\' Company School and at the Regent Street school. She studied atHeatherley\'sandSt Martin\'s School of Art, but left to develop her own interest in imaginary subjects, disliking the emphasis on still-life drawing and classical subjects.

Mabel Lucie Attwell\'s initial career was founded on magazine illustration, which she continued throughout her life.She illustrated children\'s classics such asMother Goose(1910),Alice in Wonderland(1911),Hans Andersen\'s Fairy Tales(1914).From 1914 onwards, however, she developed her trademark style of sentimentalised rotund cuddly infants, which became ubiquitous across a wide range of markets, cards, calendars, nursery equipment and pictures, crockery and dolls.In 1921,J.M Barriepersonally requested her to illustrate the gift-book edition ofPeter Pan.The Lucie Attwell Annualwas published from 1922 and ran for the next fifty two years.

In 1926Shelley Potteriescommissioned Mabel Lucie Attwell to produce designs for children’s china ware. Lucie Attwell’s first six designs portrayed scenes involving children, animals and small green elves in green suits, these were called ‘Boo Boos’ and used on cups, mugs, bowls etc.She also produced a tea set, the teapot was in the shape of a mushroom house, the sugar bowl was a mushroom with the top cut off and the milk jug was a green Boo Boo in a coy saluting pose. The response to these designs was enthusiastic and the Pottery Gazette wrote that they were \'a truly irresistible range of nursery ware, altogether in advance of what was usually put before the trade\'.

Mabel Lucie Attwell is today regarded as one of the most influential,children\'s illustrators,of the 20th Century and her work is collected valued and admired the world over.

Dimensions as follows ....

Height: 4.25 inches or 10.5 cm

Diameter; 5.5 inches or 14 cm (widest point)

Weight: 13.75 oz or 393 grams.

Whoever buys this beautiful piece of Shelley pottery will not be disappointed, it\'sjust sostriking.This highly sought-after teapotwould make a superb gift and solid future investment.

The teapot will be carefully packaged and posted recorded, special delivery with insurance.

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