Teapot sells for £17,000

A teapot valued at £800 has sold for over £17,000 when it was sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries, despite having a broken handle.

The teapot is a Minton Majolica teapot and is in the shape of a vulture attacking a serpent. It was found in a house after the owner had passed away with the broken handle, which had been glued back on with household glue!

It was sold to a bidder who lives in the far east and who was bidding over the phone and it is expected that the bidder will have the teapot professionally restored.

The money from the sale will be donated and split between eight charities.