Ginori Khedive Teapot

This is an extremely rare teapot made by Doccia / Richard Ginori in about 1880. It is handpainted with a famous decoration designed by Gaetano Lodi between 1873 and 1875 for the Egyptian Khedive (Viceroy during the Turkish occupation) which looks quite stunning and is definitely very Egyptian :) This piece is in green, yellow, black and gold colors. I have never seen a main piece from this service except in my books so finding this teapot was super exciting! This piece was still made during the lifetime of the Khedive and thus might have been his which I find very neat. I think the Khedive it was made for was Isma'il Pasha aka Ismail the Magnificent (December 31, 1830 – March 2, 1895) who was the Khedive of Egypt from 1863 until he was removed in 1879. Like I said a very rare design with at the least some nice history attached to it. The pot displays superbly but there is wear to the gilding which is a fairly easy fix by a good restorer, the finial knob has been off I suspect as the gilding there is a different color as was the handle due to the same reason though it was done very well and doesn't take away from the piece. It is marked underneath with two marks as shown. The red mark was used for Richard Ginori 's highest end pieces. This tea pot is 5 inches tall, 9 inches from spout to handle and 4.25 inhces wide. Please email me for more information or other pictures.