Rare Antique Royal Doulton Circa 1914’Under The Greenwood Tree’ Teapot & Lid

Here for your consideration is a beautiful, rare, antique, circa 1914, Royal Doulton Series-Ware’Under the Greenwood Tree’ early teapot and lid with the Robin Hood, Little John, and jovial Friar Tuck scriptwork to the top. Stamped to the base in black script, Royal Doulton, D3751 dating it to circa 1914. This Under the Greenwood Robin Hood pattern was ceased in 1967. Its depiction shows Robin Hood, Little John, and Friar Tuck sitting under a large oak tree, glasses in hand drinking from a jug of mead. Was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for “robbing from the rich and giving to the poor”, assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his “Merry Men”. Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws. Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the medieval period continuing through to modern literature, films and television. In the earliest sources, Robin Hood is a yeoman, but he was often later portrayed as an aristocrat wrongfully dispossessed of his lands and made into an outlaw by an unscrupulous sheriff. The subject matter on this teapot is really quite historic with superb rustic colours of the forest, green, brown, crimson, black, cream and yellow, edged with a green line and the inside being pastel cream. This superb, Royal Doulton, early teapot has no chips, damage, or restoration. Just a really nice piece of pottery. The teapot does have some glaze crazing, commensurate with its 119 years of age but nothing unusual. Height: 5 inches or 12.7 cm (including lid). Length: 8.5 inches or 21.5 cm. Depth: 4.75 inches or 12.1 cm. Weight: 1lb 0 oz or 478 grams. These stunning, Royal Doulton, early teapots have become so very desirable/collectable and are only going to appreciate in value. A very rare and highly sought-after teapot and lid that would make a superb gift and solid future investment. Please note, all our international postal charges are only estimates and will be confirmed up or down when we know the destination of where items are being sent. Please feel free to check out our other items.