John Samuel Hunt
A Melon Shape Soup Tureen
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A Melon Shape Soup Tureen
John Samuel Hunt
A Melon Shape Soup Tureen
Date 1849
Period Victorian
Origin London
Dimension 40.6 cm (16 inches)
The soup tureen on four bifurcated cast feet formed as pumpkin leaves and flowers
The body of the soup tureen lobed with two cast handles formed as tendrils, leaves and flowers of the pumpkin. The tureen with a scrolling naturalistic border. The cover also lobed with a finial cast and formed as pumpkins in fruit.
Weight: 3,760 g, 120 oz 18 dwt
The crest probably that for the Pierpont family.
The body of the soup tureen lobed with two cast handles formed as tendrils, leaves and flowers of the pumpkin. The tureen with a scrolling naturalistic border. The cover also lobed with a finial cast and formed as pumpkins in fruit.
Weight: 3,760 g, 120 oz 18 dwt
The crest probably that for the Pierpont family.
Date: 1849
Period: Victorian
Origin: London
Dimension: 40.6 cm (16 inches)
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