A chipped teapot sold at auction yesterday for £80,000 - 40 times the estimate. The 250-year-old Wedgwood teapot bears a protest message against the Stamp Act that led to the Boston Tea Party.

This Wedgwood teapot is one of 80,000 pieces in the collection Its collection of more than 80,000 historical pieces, works of art, photographs and archival material from Wedgwood's 250-year ...