The design of this rococo revival teapot is extraordinary for its combination of asymmetric forms (very rare in the design of teapot bodies) and bold use of naturalistic modelling and decoration. The teapot is earlier than it looks, as the style might normally suggest a date after 1850, but the model is known with a mark dateable to 1830-37. Most of Davenport's productions were in the mainstream of contemporary ceramic design, but the factory also put a handful of idiosyncratic designs into production. Another Davenport example of this type in the V&A collections is a creamware ice pail C.64-2005 where the body is moulded with oak branches with acorns and leaves, the handles naturalistically modelled as twigs.