Jimmy Savile auction
An earthenware novelty egg cup tea pot by 'Andy', 25cm high; with an issue of Hi Society Magazine, issue 12, 2002, with Sir Jimmy on the cover and an article on him, p. 21 featuring a full page image of Sir Jimmy in his Leeds kitchen holding this tea pot
From the kichen of Sir Jimmy's Leeds flat.
Provenance: From the estate of Sir Jimmy Savile. OBE, KCSG, LLD (1926-2011)
condition report
The cover finial (spoon) broken off (has been glued before), no other faults
There is a crack to the handle and slight glaze mark to base. The egg top has a broken spoon but the broken end is with it.
posted by Mabena at 2:34 pm
3 Comments:
Fantastic Andy.
It's always good to be recognised by the high and mighty.
Any close ups of the teapot ? I would love to zoom in and see the artefact in question.
Glad to have a TTT blog update I thought you had disappeared from the blogosphere.
Cheers
Mark
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There is a photo of one of the boiled egg teapots on this archive page
http://andytitcomb.com/andy_titcomb_1983_1985.html
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