19th Century Antique Gaudy Welsh Feather Pattern Ring Finial Lidded Teapot

Measures roughly 8” tall, with a thorn handle, inset lid with ring finial, and a 6 footed raised base. Pristine condition. Wonderful antique gaudy Welsh specimen. Sold as pictured. Copied from the web: The name Gaudy Welsh entered the pottery collectors vocabulary and the antique world when Professor Howard Williams mentioned it in his 1978 publication. He also standardised many of the names ascribed to patterns we now associate with Gaudy Welsh Pottery. Gaudy Welsh, a name which describes perfectly the hand-painted decoration applied primarily to tea sets, bowls and jugs, Made in both England and Wales between 1820 and 1860, the earthenware, creamware, ironstone and bone china is decorated in charming patterns picked out in underglaze cobalt blue, often in panels, rust or burnt orange and copper lustre, while floral decoration often included pink lustre, green and yellow, all on a white background.It appealed to people of modest incomes in both Britain and the United States, and e