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Rectangular lidded tureen and stand, Mason's patent ironstone china, painted underglaze blue, transfer-printed and painted overglaze in enamels with Chinese scenes and decoration in famille rose style.
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Deep tureen of greyish body, blunted corners giving elongated octagonal shape. Straight sides tapering to foot, everted rim. Wide flaring footring, two small lug handles, one at each end. Both long sides of body exterior printed in black with long rectangular open scroll, Chinese scene on it of five figures in garden, arranged sitting and standing round table. Reverse of scroll where it curls decorated with diamond diaper ground. Flowers and leaves emerge from behind the scroll. Overall ground behind scroll and flowers, of tiny black spirals. Whole printed design is coloured in bright enamels, mostly pink, yellow and green. Well of tureen and halfway up interior sides covered in large scroll with same garden scene, placed on ground of tiny spirals and flowers, two oval reserves beneath rim in centre of each long side with trophies of ribbons and folded scrolls, all brightly coloured. Two lug handles painted underglaze cobalt blue with gilt snout and eyes to give impression of animal head. High domed lid with everted rim and semi-circular recess for ladle. Covered with large scroll showing garden scene, against ground of tiny spirals and large flowers, two oval reserves along sides, filled with trophies of ribbons, fans and scrolls. Central finial of scrolling wave form painted underglaze blue with gilt detail. Elongated octagonal stand with wide shallow well, two indentations on rim at each corner. Upper surface printed with large scroll with same garden scene, against ground of tiny spirals, flowers and two reserves, one above and one below main picture. Black outlines coloured in with greens, blues, yellows and pinks.
Technique: transfer printing
Material: ceramics
Material: stoneware
Material: porcelain
Material: porcellaneous stoneware
Material: stone china
Material: mason's patent ironstone china
Material: painted underglaze
Material: cobalt blue
Material: gilt
Material: printed overglaze
Material: enamelled overglaze
tureen & stand by C J. Mason, c 1830=1840, (1917.521/2). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.972 | Go to resource |
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