Maker: Spode  Pattern: Indian Sporting Series

A magnificent soup tureen complete with cover and stand, in this ever popular and collected series. The tureen has The Hog at Bay on each side and the stand and cover have Hunting a Buffalo.
Backstamps: Tureen has impressed SPODE 46, plus blue printed SPODE and B. Stand has impressed SPODE 9 and blue printed SPODE and title Hunting a Buffalo. Cover has impressed SPODE 45 and blue printed SPODE. Provenance the collection of A Gresham Copeland and by descent to his son T Robert Copeland. Tureen and cover have collection labels AGC 377 and the stand AGC 454.
Tureen: Outside the glaze is largely sound, but there are some lines of crazing in places and inside it is finely crazed. There is a short hairline in the bulge of the body and a stress crack from firing inside. A few rubs to handles. Cover: A rim chip at 8 o'clock and another on the spoon cut-out, along with its associated wandering hairline have all been professionally restored. The glaze is crazed. Stand: The glaze is crazed, with some patches of light associated staining, mainly in the sky. Overall: Because of their purpose and size it is almost impossible to find completely perfect examples and it would be difficult to find a better complete set than this one.

Dimensions: 37.5 x 27 cm 27 cm high / 14.75 x 9 ins 10.75 ins high