STAFFORDSHIRE LONDON VIEW TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC SOUP LADLE, featuring the Royal Coburg Theatre, London, England, depicting a three-story building with two figures in foreground. Unmarked. Circa 1825. 12 3/4" LOA, 4 3/4" D bowl.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #20338.
Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.
Northeast Auctions, 3/5/2016, lot 55.
Ex-collection of Chester Creutzburg & David Martin (retains collection label).
Catalogue Note: This ladle has the same border as the soup tureen featuring the Capitol at Harrisburg and is the proper ladle for that tureen, which is lot 1083 in this auction. According to Mr. Routson, this is "the only extant example of this ladle I'm aware of."
Condition
Excellent visual condition having professional restoration to bowl.