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Tureen

Title:
Celtic / Venetian Scenery
Object Name:
Tureen
Object ID:
1975.601
Creator:
Wood, EnochCeramicist
Place of Origin:
Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Date:
1818-1846
Description:
Tureen (lid missing). Whiteware earthenware, with black transfer print on exterior. Body is oval shaped with bulbous sides which are slightly scalloped. Molded scroll decoration on bottom and around four projecting feet. Two applied, molded handles also in a scroll design are on the short ends. Transfer print scenes on long sides depict an Asiatic scene with a boat in center, large buildings on ends and other clusters of mountains and buildings in background. Scene is surrounded with large flowers. The two short ends of tureen decorated with bouquets of large flowers. Exterior rim of tureen decorated with a band of flowers. Interior of rim is decorated with scrolls and flowers. Maker's marks on bottom printed in black transfer: "CELTIC / Venetian Scenery / E W & S / CHINA". Also on bottom is a black number "6".
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-6.2 W-15.6 D-10.5 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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