18th C. English teapot pours on the charm, sells for $12,300 at STAIR

A Leeds creamware teapot decorated to one side with a lady taking tea in a garden setting and the words ‘Green Tea’ to the other side. Sold for $12,300 (inclusive of buyer’s premium) at Stair Galleries.

HUDSON, N.Y. – In ceramics circles, and particularly on the US antique show circuit, Wynn and Elizabeth Sayman were a constant and well respected presence, trading under the name Wynn A. Sayman Antiques. But when they weren’t buying and selling their specialty — 18th-century English ceramic wares — both worked as physicians. In fact, they met at the University of Chicago, where Wynn was a professor and Elizabeth, a student. In 1980 their shared passion for English ceramics served as the launch point for an antiques business based in Richmond, Massachusetts, where the Wynns resided.

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