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GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S
GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S

GERRITT WYKSTRA FAIENCE POTTERY TEAPOT W/ LID GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN c1920S-30S

$ 132

Availability: 82 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Production Technique: Pottery
  • Brand: Gerritt Wykstra
  • Condition: The teapot has some internal structural damage as you can plainly see in the images.. These include separation of the clay from age contraction and manufacture.. Causing several hairlines. One of the hairlines has traveled through the material to the exterior and and goes along as portion of the lower spout. .. I show this in the photos the best I can.. . Others are still on the interior... The lid is in very good condition The piece is being sold in AS FOUND condition..
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
  • Type: Faience Tea Pot
  • Style: Art Deco
  • Object Type: Teapot
  • Origin: North America

    Description

    This outstanding Wykstra Grand Rapids Teapot is extremely rare and likely the only survivor..  Yes, it is fragile but solid and could use some attention to prevent further structural attrition..  Gerritt Wykstra came from Holland where he decorated at the Gouda factory.  He move to the U.S. around 1900 and helped establish the VanDer Meulen and Wykstra  Art Pottery studio in Dunkirk New York.  He moved to Grand Rapids Michigan in 1920..  This beautiful example of his genius was made in the 1920s or 30s..  The Teapot measures measures 8 1/2 inches spout to handle +/- and 6 inches high +/- with the top on..  It is being sold in AS FOUND condition..    Further note:  The exterior hairline runs horizontal from the lower floral side to the spout and is about 5 inches long with one vertical spur in the floral side..  These lines and very fine and hard to see and photo..Just so you know they are there..