Oval porcelain tureen (a) with cover (b) and tray (c). Two reeded, double twisted handles, passion flower finial. Swelling oval body; oval tray. Green tendrils, pink peonies, flowers and butterflies on metallic gold ground. Scrolled medallions of 1) people engaged in various activities, 2) flowers, birds, insects; circular medallion with gold border, center of platter and on sides of tureen of birds, flowers and insects.
sauce tureens
platters
enameling
hand-painted
porcelain
underglazing
Chinese export
Tureen
Tureen
1939.268A,B,C
Unknown
China
11 x 14 1/2 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift from the children of General Francis Henry Appleton
1939.268A-C
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