19th Century English Ironstone Tureen

These two Ironstone tureens are in mint condition and both have labels.

Hicks Meigh ironstone armorial sauce tureens, covers and stands made for the 41st Regiment, circa 1815-1822. Dimensions: Length: 9 1/4 inches x 7 inches high The Hicks & Meigh ironstone tureens are unusually decorated with the Royal Crown with the Roman numerals "XLI" below on an Imari ground. Mark: Printed in blue with Royal Arms above Stone China. Reference: From the 41st Regiment Military Living Group The original name of the Regiment was "Colonel Edmund Fielding's Regiment of Invalids", raised in 1719 from out-pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, for garrison duty "at home". On July 1, 1751, the Regiment was numbered 41st and redesignated as The 41st Regiment of Foot (or Invalids), with service confined mainly to the Portsmouth garrison, with detachments at Plymouth and Jersey. On December 11 1787, the invalids...

Fine quality - decorative antique English covered tureen - Georgian period - large size - hand painted over transfer design - gilt details - exuberant finial - unsigned - pattern num...

English pottery game tureen, 19th century The oval game tureen and cover has painted molded mother bird and chick to the center of each side and large molded tulips to each side. Scattered across the body and cover are other molded flowers and leaves naturalistically. Dimensions: 7 1/2 inches height x 11 1/4 inches width x 8 3/4 inches Game pie dishes became popular in the 1800s during Napoleon's blockade of British ports. Flour became scarce, game pie dishes resembling pie crust came into their own and have remained popular ever since. William Jesse in his 1844 biography of Beau Brummel...

The large 18th century Neale & Co. creamware sauce tureen, cover, stand and ladle are each decorated in puce transfer with figures amongst classical ruins. The rims also with a painted shell-edge puce border highlighted with the strong remnants of original gilding. Dimensions: 7 inches high x 10 1/2 inches wide x 7 1/4 inches; The under dish...

fashioned with a figure of a rabbit and a bird on its lid. The piece is superbly detailed with basket form design and fitted with with handles at its sides.