Ironstone soup tureen on stand w/ cover; cover w/ gourd finial; paneled w/ relief grapeleaf decoration at sides; Paris shaped.
soup tureens
ironstone (pottery)
molding (forming)
vine scrolls
Ironstone
Molded
Paris Shape
Leaf
TUREEN
Stamped on bottom of stand: ""IMPERIAL/ IRONSTONE CHINA/ JOHN ALCOCK"" [w/ Royal Arms] Impressed on bottom of stand: ""JOHN ALCOCK/ PARIS SHAPE""--see worksheet for drawing of symbol and registration mark for March 20, 1857.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Alcock, John (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
11 x 13.5 x 8.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1123A-C
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