Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: 1778-1785

Dimensions:

  • Length: 13.70 in (34.798 cm)

Maker: Seth Pennington Liverpool

Description:

This very rare Liverpool porcelain soup tureen was made at the factory of Seth Pennington.It is printed within moulded cartouches with the Mother and Child and Man Fishing.  This pattern is also found on Liverpool porcelain made at the Philip Christian factory and on Worcester porcelain.  As well as the chinoiserie prints, the tureen is also decorated with floral prints and there are hand painted borders on the tureen and its cover.

 

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