RARE Blue Staffordshire ORNITHOLOGY Soup Tureen ~ 1870

Code: 11557

AESTHETIC BLUE TRANSFERWARE SOUP TUREEN

CANOVA PATTERN

Brown Westhead and Moore Potteries

Staffordshire England  c. 1870

This very large early Victorian 14 1/2 “ long x 10 3/4 “ wide x 8 “ tall soup tureen is transfer printed in brown.  The pattern features birds, of course.  Designed/attributed to Pierre Mallet, this delightful plate combines the new Aesthetic and Japanese influences of the 19th Century, with a freer more naturalistic design and the use of asymmetry, along with the English love of nature.

Never used and in great condition.  A small chip to the underside of the lid and a minor star hairline to the body.