Superb and quire rare Chinese Blue and White Pagoda Pattern Lidded Porcelain Tea Pot of traditional form and of good size proportions, last quarter of the Eighteenth Century. Qing Dynasty. 

Of drum form with entwined handle. Superbly painted in underglaze shades of varying blues depicting a large Pagoda within a village scene, back view is similar 

Condition: Good allover condition, with no losses anywhere, possibly never used just displayed as a trophy piece. Spout and handles are perfect. 

Height: (entire) 5.5” (14cm). Width: (at widest including handle) 9.5” (24cm). Diameter: (base area) 5” (12cm). 

Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. 

Provenance: From the personal collection of Mr. Miles Mason who imported it in the late 18th Century. 

Miles Mason was born in Dent, Yorkshire, England. He became a successful London merchant of imported china and glassware. Around 1792 when the tax on imported Chinese porcelain became excessive, he joined Thomas Wolfe and John Lucock potting at the Islington China Manufactory. In 1800 he moved to the Victoria Works and in 1806 moved to Minerva Works. 

In 1811 he and his three sons set up business together trading as Miles Mason Porcelain, he retired in 1813 leaving the sons to continue, which they successfully succeeded.