Object Detail
Description
tureen of squat vase shape with long ribbed handles to either side (at the should they are looped but the loops are blind and filled with paterae; at the bottom, the ends terminate with mask heads), a circular cover with round, ribbed finial and a circular stand. All three pieces are decorated in the Chinese manner, with lotus flowers, anemones and chrysanthemums and the cover and lower half of the body feature moulded leaves. The rims of all three pieces are moulded with a geometrical (zigzag) border with alternate white (cross-hatched) and blue triangles. The light blue is used in combination with a cobalt blue, red, yellow, pink, green, rust-red and gilded.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Hicks, Meigh and Johnson (active 1822-1835)
Production place
Shelton, Staffordshire potteries district, Staffordshire, England
Production date
circa 1820-1825
Media description
[bone china], polychrome enamel decoration, gidled
Measurements
plate: 38 x (diam) 350
tureen: 295 x 360 x 300
tureen: 295 x 360 x 300
Inscriptions
Printed underglaze blue marks featuring crown, palm fronds and the words "STONE China / No. 6" appear beneath each of the three pieces. inner rim of the cover is an underglaze blue "X" and beneath the base of the tureen, an overglaze "S" or "5" in red.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0403
TJC reference number
487
