Tureen

Region Staffordshire (English, founded c. 1700)

Mediumearthenware with transfer print

Dimensions4 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 5 inches (10.8 × 19.1 × 12.7 cm)
With lid: 6 1/4 inches

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number41.40.1.A

ClassificationsFood Services

DescriptionElongated octagon shape; footed base; handle on opposite ends; white ground; blue transfer print tree branch pattern on base, sides, handles, and exterior and interior rim; mountain with houses design on either side.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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