Covered soup tureen

1820-1830

Measurements

11 in x 15 in x 9-1/2 in

Materials

Transfer-printed white earthenware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.725

Condition Notes

The body has cracked into several pieces and has been reassembled with glue and staples.

Provenance

Ex-coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The rectangular two-handled tureen has rounded corners and stands on a similarly shaped foot. The domed lid has a opening at one end for a soup ladle.  The molded C shaped handles have scrolled leaevs where they join the tureen rim.  A similarly molded finial surmounts the lid.  The lid and body are printed with a blue transfer picture entitled "American Villa" on other examples.  No title is printed on this tureen.  The image is imaginary, showing a substantial three-story building against a mountain-like background.  A figure in a horse-drawn carriage trots across the foreground.  A guilloche band encircles the tureen at the outside of the rim.