Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares (Suffolk, 1980), p. 126, pl. 159, for a tureen printed with the 'India Grasshopper' pattern.
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CIRCA 1820, THE LID POSSIBLY OF A LATER DATE, PRINTED PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA WARRANTED MARK TO TUREEN AND PRINTED PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA MARK TO COVER
Details
A Mason's Ironstone two-handled tureen and cover
Circa 1820, the lid possibly of a later date, printed PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA WARRANTED mark to tureen and printed Patent Ironstone China mark to cover
The cover with scroll finial, printed and painted, with the 'India Grasshopper' pattern (restoration to lid, finial and handle, chipping to tureen rim, rubbing to gilding)
13 in. (33 cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1820, the lid possibly of a later date, printed PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA WARRANTED mark to tureen and printed Patent Ironstone China mark to cover
The cover with scroll finial, printed and painted, with the 'India Grasshopper' pattern (restoration to lid, finial and handle, chipping to tureen rim, rubbing to gilding)
13 in. (33 cm.) wide (2)
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