WEMYSS; RARE CARP TUREEN

The shape of the tureen is after a Chinese original, although based on a Minton design.
V. de Rin, P. Davis, R. Rankine, & D. Macmillan, Wemyss Ware, Edinburgh and London, p. 6 (with cover) and p. 58 (simiar design illustrated).
R. Rankine, (ed.) Wemyss: Fife Flowers, Fruits and Farmyards, Glasgow, Christie's, exhib. cat., 1990, p. 12, no. 8 (similar design illustrated).