Rare 1928 Shelley Pottery Art Deco Nursery Ware Hilda Cowham Tent Teapot

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Rare 1928 Shelley Pottery Art Deco Nursery Ware Hilda Cowham Tent Teapot:
$999.99

A beautiful & very rare, hand painted, Shelley Pottery, Art Deco, 1928, \'Nursery Ware\' patterned, beach tent teapot, designed and signed by Hilda Cowham. Please look at all 11 photos to fully appreciate the quality and workmanship of thisstunninglittle teapot. Photo 12 gives you an idea what the complete tea set, looks like !!
This Hilda Cowham, children\'s nursery ware teapot, often called \'The Tent Teapot\' depicts awonderfully modelled beach tent teapot, with two children sitting on the sand at the entrance of their tent, engrossed in a comic bookentitled \'Fun\' with their friendly little pet rabbitwatching.
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 teapot, true justice.The basehas all the green, Shelley England, distinct markings, with manufacturing number 726181, and guaranteed 100% genuine.

Condition ... No chips, cracks, scratches, damage, restoration, or paint loss. Just avery nice, early Art Deco, Shelley pottery, children\'s teapot, commensurate with age. Considering this tea pot is 86 years old it\'s in lovely condition.

Hilda Gertrude Cowham (1873–1964) was an English illustrator, famous for her work on children\'s books and ceramicnursery ware.

Hilda Cowham was a student atWimbledon School of Art, Lambeth School of Art,and theRoyal College of Art.She was the first women illustrator to publish inPunch.Her work was also published inThe Sketch, The Graphicand other magazines and periodicals. She illustrated children\'s books, such as Fiddlesticks in1900,Peter Pickle and his dog Fido in1906,Curly Heads and Long Legs in1914, andBlacklegs and Others in 1911. One of her characters, a \"bush haired, black stockinged imp with big sash bow and infinitesimal petticoats\", became famous as the \"Cowham child\" and was widely imitated.In the period 1924 to 1935, she and her friendMabel Lucie Attwellwere employed by Shelley Potteries Ltd to provide illustrations for baby plates and nursery ware. The Hilda Cowham 1928 tea set with tent teapot, sand bucket sugar bowl, and shell moulded mermaid milk jug has now becomehugely collectable !!

Hilda Cowham is today regarded as one of the most influential,children\'s illustrators,of the 20th Century and her work is now highly collected valued and admired the world over.

Dimensions as follows ....

Height: 6 inches or 15.3 cm

Diameter; 5.5 inches or 14 cm (widest point ... base)

Weight: 2.5 ozs or 71 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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