Still Waters Posted February 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 22, 2018 A broken teapot bought for £15 has sold for £575,000 after it was discovered to be one of America's first pieces of porcelain. A bargain hunter thought the blue and white item, which was missing its lid and had a broken handle glued back on, was common pearlware. But the hobbyist dealer's pot turned out to be the work of John Bartlam, a British potter who took his trade across the Atlantic 250 years ago. Bartlam's enterprise was cut short by the American Revolution and hardly any examples of his work exist today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/22/cash-pours-bargain-hunter-15-broken-teapot-fetches-575000/ £575,000 = 798744.00 US Dollar £15 = 208.37 US Dollar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted February 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Curious tropical imagery, and what appears, at first glance, to be stylized representations of the extinct Dodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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