Lot Essay
Cf. Gaye Blake Roberts, Mason's, The First Two Hundred Years (London, 1996), p. 83, pl. 81 for a tureen of similar form.
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CIRCA 1820
Details
A Mason's Ironstone Imari sauce-tureen and cover
Circa 1820
Melon-shaped, with elaborate shell-moulded handles, painted and gilt with the 'Orange Leaf' pattern, on spreading oval foot with central aperture (restored section to rim and edge of one handle)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Circa 1820
Melon-shaped, with elaborate shell-moulded handles, painted and gilt with the 'Orange Leaf' pattern, on spreading oval foot with central aperture (restored section to rim and edge of one handle)
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
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