Staffordshire Saltglaze Stoneware Soup Tureen, Cover & Stand,

Circa 1760

(Ref: NY9434-npim)

A large plain salt-glazed stoneware soup tureen, cover and stand with molded barleycorn or seed design raised on three claw feet with top molded with a large leaf. The finial in the form of a leaf and flower bud.

Dimensions: 10 inches high x 14 3/4 inches x 9 1/2 inches

Provenance: Paper Label from Matthew & Elizabeth Sharpe Antiques, Spring Mill, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

Reference: White Salt-Glazed Stoneware of the British Isles, Diana Edwards & Rodney Hampton, Page 141, Colour plate 122 for a shard in this pattern excavated from the Nims site, Deerfield, Massachusetts.