The best information is from the Stockport based Maxwells Auctioneers’ sales in November 2015 and March 2016 when they sold a large collection of novelty teapots including many different OKT42s. Talking with the auctioneers they said the collection was built up by one local man (deceased) and much of the collection was still in wrapping as purchased. 

The total number of OKT42’s was getting on for 70 teapots spread over the two sales and apart from one or two duplications all were different.  These included many different colourways and styles such as advertising that as a collector I had never seen.  It was suspected that these were possibly left over from small production runs and the market would see an influx of such teapots.  Over the year or so after the sale we have not seen any flow of unusual pots and the only different ones in the market such as eBay can be traced back to the sale.  All the pots (except a few with 1999 on underside) have the Sadler type Registered Number mark and are extremely well made.  The collection included the six Lorna Bailey art deco designed pots and the red and gold Teapot 2000 special issue pot. 

It would appear that the accumulation was indeed one person’s collection – Paul Winstanley.   He was a train driver living in Bolton and was an avid novelty teapot collector.  Most of the teapots were bought from the Totally Teapots/Teapot collectors Club (Vince McDonald).  Many were produced as one-offs so the majority of them are unique.

Teapots grouped by mould

The way to try and make sense of these later teapots is to split them into groups subdivided by moulds with 1999 or Registered Number on underside

• 1999 – Lorna Bailey
• 1999 – Teapot 2000
• 1999 – Carlton Ware
• 1999 – Scarlet Gold Lustre

Registered Number – Later Colourways

• Mauve
• Purple
• Scarlet
• White
• Registered Number – Coloured mudguards
• Registered Number – Transfer decals Various
• Registered Number – Gold and Silver Completely Lustred
• Registered Number – Dexter Brown
• Registered Number – Copies/Forgeries

1999 - Lorna Bailey

It is believed that Paul Gibbs the owner of Teapot World, a teapot museum in North Wales bought most of the 1999 blanks from the receiver in 2000.  He commissioned via Lorna’s father for Lorna (a pottery designer) to produce 6 designs from which 100 limited edition teapots would be made.  These are variously titled DECO 1, LOVE 1, USA 1 etc replacing the OKT42 front number plate. (No rear plate)

All the pots are signed Lorna Bailey on the underside and have a circular pottery mark – Old Ellgreave Pottery/ Artware/ Burslem England together with the painters initials.  There is also painted numbers 77/100 identifying the teapot from the limited edition. They do not have the Sadler Registered Design indented mark but have the small upstanding 1999.  These teapots do not have a strainer similar to the 1999 Sadler Revival teapots.

It is understood that during the production that there was a dispute between Lorna Bailey’s father and Paul Gibbs which resulted in about 200 teapots being retained by the Bailey family.  It is believed that most of them were sold as one-offs.

	Length cm	Width cm	Value
Lorna Bailey six designs equal value	22.0	11.2	100

1999 - Teapot 2000

In 2000 there was a gathering of teapot collectors where a limited edition (100 examples) of a red teapot was available for purchase.
This was red with black wheels and full silver lustre.  It was stamped on the underside "RED RACING CAR TEAPOT/ PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY/ FOR/ TEAPOT 2000/ AT/ The Potteries Antique Centre/ Ltd/ LIMITED EDITION OF 100"

Similar to the Lorna Bailey teapots, the teapots do not have the Sadler Registered Number mark but have a small upstanding 1999 and 15mm long.  It is interesting that the red glaze was applied with a brush and thickly painted. These Teapot 2000 pots do not have a strainer.

The registration is PAC (Potteries Antique Centre) and the example I have is 058.   I assume that each pot is individually numbered showing the number in the edition of 100.

In the example I have the registration is PAC 058 not the expected OKT42.

	Length cm	Width cm	Value
Teapot 2000 Silver lustre PAC 058	22.4	11.3	120

1999 – Scarlet with Gold Lustre

Besides the red Teapot 2000 there is another scarlet teapot made from a 1999 mould with raised numbers. This has only been seen with gold lustre but silver may well exist.  The mould numbers on this teapot are larger than normal. It would seem that the teapots with the small 1999 marks are from the receiver sale of the remaining blanks (or subsequent recasting).  These pots with the large 1999 are probably output from Totally Teapots.

The raised numbers measure 2.3 cm in length (across the 1999) compared the smaller 1.5 cm of the Teapot 2000.  The teapot does not have a strainer but does have colour inside the teapot.

	Length cm	Width cm	Value
Scarlet with gold lustre	22.4	11.3	120

CarltonWare

I was extremely surprised to find a Carlton teapot made from a 1999 mould (small figures).  It would seem that possibly Carlton (as well as others) purchased either some blanks or moulds on the demise of Sadlers in 2000.

The example shown has a black handstamp alongside the raised 1999 moulding. This teapot is unusual in that the mauve glaze has been sprayed onto the pot and not dipped into the liquid as usual.  Similar to other teapots cast from the small 1999 mould it does not have a strainer.  It would seem that this teapot is probably an attempt to create something different using a reproduction Carlton stamp and is not from the Carlton pottery. (a forgery?)

The example shown has a black handstamp alongside the raised 1999 moulding. This teapot is unusual in that the mauve glaze has been sprayed onto the pot and not dipped into the liquid as usual.  Similar to other teapots cast from the small 1999 mould it does not have a strainer.

	Length cm	Width cm	Value
Carlton teapot	22.3	11.2	100