Sadler's Classic Yellow 1930's Art Deco Racing Race Car Teapot #820236 England

Description

A Sadler yellow glazed 'T42' Art Deco 1930s race car teapot, #820236, silvered highlights, impressed marks to base. In excellent condition!
The racing car teapot with it’s distinctive number plate OKT42 (okay tea for two) was first made in 1937 by J Sadler & Son, a pottery company originally founded in Stoke on Trent, England, by James Sadler in 1882.
The teapot was initially finished with a green, yellow or cream glaze and all early teapots were decorated with platinum/silver lustre, which looks like chrome plate.
Smaller numbers were glazed in black, blue, maroon or pink and these are consequently worth more.
The base of the teapot was impressed with the mark “Made In England,” together with the design registration number “820236” and the decorator’s initials in gilt. After the war a printed “Sadler” back stamp appeared.
Post war production saw a decline in lustre decoration due to it’s high cost, and the teapots were then glazed in plain or mottled colours with no other decoration.