Teapot enthusiasts are catered for at two sales
Like tea caddies in furniture sales, teapots have their own following in ceramics sales like the one at Phillips Leeds, where the 51/2in (14cm) Minton majolica Japanese Actor model, above right, date-coded 1874, made a within-estimate £1100 which took into account some damage to finial and spout.
And such is the enthusiasm for teapots that last year Special Potteries Auctions (12.5% buyer’s prem…