Soup tureen cover
Rogers
Category
Ceramics
Date
1820
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
135 mm (Height) x 280 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509375.6.2
Summary
This item is a dome cover surmounted by gilt flowerhead finial belonging to a large urn-shaped pearlware soup tureen with scalloped edge with gadrooned borders and double scroll handles. It is transfer printed in blue and over enamelled with insects amongst flowering plants. Inscribed - Floral (transfer printed mark in a wreath of flowers in underglaze blue to underside of tureen and cover). Made circa 1820. Part of a 75 piece dinner service.
Provenance
Made in England circa 1820. Owned by Miss Phoebe and Miss Rosemary Waterfield and presented by them as a gift to the National Trust at Easter 1975, for display at Benthall Hall.
Marks and inscriptions
Floral (transfer printed mark in a wreath of flowers in underglaze blue to underside)
Makers and roles
Rogers , maker