Bargeware, Australian ceramic teapot, 19th century, inscribed 'Presented to Mrs Ritchie Sydney Australia from Alfred Bates Moira England 1898', together with a Conta & Boehme ceramic tobacco jar (2), height 34.5 cm, (teapot). Provenance: The Estate of Judith Hoyle, Newcastle labels: the jar made for major newspapers around the world, reputed to bear resemblance to Fairfax of the Sydney Morning Herald