Pear-shaped or "Queen Anne" teapot on three cast hoof feet, its body engraved with a pseudo-armorial device consisting of the serif letters "A K" inside a crowned, clipped-corner, pointed bottom shield surmounted by a standing bird facing left and flanked by wrigglework flowers; serif letters "D B" lightly engraved at upper left and right. Low-domed, hinged lid topped by spool-shaped knop; spurred, wooden bracket handle pinned into conical sockets; and plain, S-scroll spout with flat, oval lip. Body perforated at spout. Underside of flat bottom is stamped with a crowned "X" above maker's touch mark.
Maker is Frances Piggot of London, England; working 1736-1784.