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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2928501, member: 111&quot;]It&#039;s a lovely teapot, but have a hard time seeing it as a gift to Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa since the initials appear to be &#039;TDW&quot;.&nbsp; Seems unlikely that the Princess&#039; monogram would be removed and replaced, and doubt that the other engraving is a later addition either, it fits well in the space, which differs in shape from the area with the Princess&#039; garter, and it&#039;s not unusual to find different lettering styles in engraved personalizations - believe all the engraving was likely done at the same time. </p><p><br /></p><p>The date of assay, which would be anywhere from May 29, 1841 to May 28, 1842, isn&#039;t necessarily when the piece was engraved, that could have been done virtually anytime after production - could have been a plain teapot in a dealer&#039;s inventory, or maybe the Godfather&#039;s household stash.&nbsp; The maker&#039;s mark is odd - to my eye, it looks like the &#039;JS&#039; was a damaged punch with the remnants of something other than an &#039;A&#039;, and overstruck on the &#039;AS&#039;, and an odd round stamp on that &#039;S&#039;.&nbsp; I also find the lid finial a bit simple and low, seems proportionally &#039;off&#039;, would expect something a bit fancier, perhaps even figural, something in keeping with the leaf motif where the handle joins the pot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, would be looking for another princess, and if found, without provenance, could only be an assumption...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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