Vintage teapot & jug
Several months ago I bought this very sweet vintage teapot (I think I bought it when I visited
), which is made in England by Arthur Wood, with a pattern called 'Summertime'. I was really drawn to the stylised floral pattern, and the colour palette of the florals on the yellow glazed teapot - definitely not the usual old-fashioned florals found on English vintage ceramics.
Then a few weeks later in Daylesford I came across this large jug, and instantly recognised the pattern as being the same as the teapot. I thought it was a bit unusual that the jug was white, whilst the teapot had a yellow glaze - and on turning the jug over I learnt the jug was made in New Zealand, and wasn't part of the English Arthur Wood collection.
It's a bit of a mystery how the two pieces have the same pattern (maybe the pattern was licensed for the Australia-Pacific region?) but either way I like that the two pieces don't match perfectly, and they make a great addition to my random collection of vintage chinaware.