What Is This Unique English Tea Set Called?

[DaveC426913]

(Apparently I have acquired a bit of a reputation for asking odd questions...)

I have come into possession of an English tea set that is in the form of a brightly coloured granny or nanny. It looks like this:
http://cache.tias.com/stores/danicasantiques/pictures/nt14a.jpg"

Can anyone tell me what it is called?

It is missing its musicbox and I'd like to see if I can find a replacement. No luck on ebay at least until I can call it by name.

Thanks.

 

[matthyaouw]

Does it have a maker's mark on the bottom?

 

[DaveC426913]

It has painter's marks. (In fact, I have *three* pieces that form a set - each piece is marked differently).

These are not manufacturer's marks. There do not appear to be any, though it does say Made in England.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I love tea pots but whenever they're made to resemble something they become grotesque. I only like them when they're fairly plain, and don't look like anything but a tea pot.

 

[DaveC426913]

MY wife is an antique collector, as was her mother. Her mother died 30 years ago when my wife was but a teen. All her mother's possessions were scattered to the four winds - as were her children. After thirty years AWOL, this tea set - the one most coveted by my wife - has been found in a box belonging to a virtual stranger of the family, and brought home.

OK, maybe TMI there. But not really so much about the objective aesthetic value here...

 

[Evo]

Here's an identical mold of the teapot except it's painted an ugly green.

Is the mold of yours exactly like the picture you show or only similar? I may be able to track it down for you.

What are the painter's marks?

http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/victoriasjems/iteml/02484#pic1

 

[hypatia]

The Sarah Gump{granny} tea pot sells for 130.00 dollars in Michigan. They were made in and around Burslem England, up until the 1940's.

 

[Mk]

I don't know if Forest Gump would approve of the selling of that family heirloom.

 

[DaveC426913]

Is the mold of yours exactly like the picture you show or only similar?

Identical - except this one is coloured like in my original OP.

What are the painter's marks?

See attached.

 

[Evo]

Let me see if I can track the stamp down.

Here is another link to the icky green version it's from Burslem, England. I also found a "made in Japan" version of your teapot.

http://pages.rosemarysantiqueshop.com/9039/PictPage/1921681663.html

hypatia, do you recognize that stamp?

 

[hypatia]

Ive seen her painted in a lot of different ways...but that green, makes poor Granny look ill! I've bought and sold several of them over the years, figural tea pots are always popular.

 

[zoobyshoe]

It looks like the sort of heirloom that has a curse on it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

"Don't drink tea from Granny: it'll make you see the day of your death."

 

[DaveC426913]

Is the fact that there is no maker's mark an indication that this is not from a prestigious manufacturer?

Also, is the fact that the three marks are all different an indication that these 3 pieces were not originally part of the same set?

 

[hypatia]

Prestigious..perhaps not, but still nicely made. Large potteries like Woods and Sadler, had a bunch of ladies who painted the glazes. I'd give good odds that they were not sold as sets, but offered as matching accessories.