Antique English blue transferware covered vegetable dish with a recumbent lion finial, softly crazed

The Lion Finial Dish

€95,00
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Antique English blue transferware covered vegetable dish with a recumbent lion finial, softly crazed
  • Antique English blue transferware covered vegetable dish with a recumbent lion finial, softly crazed
  • Side view of the blue transferware covered dish showing the lid, lion finial and pastoral pattern
  • The covered dish with the lid lifted off, showing both halves of the blue transfer pattern
  • Interior of the transferware dish showing the printed pastoral scene with palms and a boat
  • Detail of the lid showing the blue transfer border and the modelled lion finial
  • Close-up of the recumbent lion finial on the lid of the antique transferware dish
  • Detail of the blue transfer pattern showing palms, a pagoda and figures in a boat
  • Close-up of the printed border pattern and the fine crazing across the glaze
  • The underside of the lid, plain glazed and unmarked
  • The base of the transferware dish, unmarked, with an unglazed footrim
  • The dish seen from above with the lid in place, showing the full pattern
  • Angled view of the covered dish showing the lid seated on the rim
The Lion Finial Dish

The Lion Finial Dish

€95,00
SKU — TB101

An antique English blue transferware covered vegetable dish, dating from circa 1830 to 1870, complete with its original lid. A recumbent lion sits on the domed cover, and a single pastoral scene runs unbroken across both halves — palms, a pagoda at the water's edge, figures in a boat. The blue is the soft dove tone of Staffordshire printing before flow blue arrived, and a fine overall crazing carries warm tea staining that gives the piece the timeworn character of genuine antique kitchenware. Unmarked, as much household earthenware of the period was, with glaze wear to the lid rim and foot.

Lids are almost always the first thing to be lost, and a complete example is considerably scarcer than the base alone.

Beautifully placed on a dresser or a gathered table, where its faded blue pairs with white ironstone and plain linen.

Condition and patina consistent with age.
Approx. overall 6¼" high x 9¾" wide x 8¾" deep
Approx. overall 16cm high x 25cm wide x 22cm deep

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