Sauce tureen cover
Rogers
Category
Ceramics
Date
1820
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
150 mm (Height) x 185 mm (Width) x 140 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509375.9.6
Summary
This item is a dome cover surmounted by gilt flowerhead finial. It is completed with item 509375.9.5. It is one of a set of four matching small sauce tureens and covers. Transfer printed in blue and over enamelled with insects amongst flowering plants. Inscribed ‘ROGERS 4’ (impressed mark to underside of tureen), ‘Floral’ (transfer printed mark in a wreath of flowers in underglaze blue). Made circa 1820. Part of a larger 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