Maker: Spode  Pattern: Italian

A wonderful early example of the vegetable dish with loop handle to the finial rather than the pine cone of later dishes.
Backstamp: Impressed Spode.
The base has light crazing, minor wear and inside a couple of minor blemishes and a very small unglazed area. The cover has light crazing with a small hairline to the rim and underneath a very small chip and loss of glaze to a stilt mark. Sounds much worse than it looks, this is a fabulous dish.

Dimensions: Base 23.5 cm across / Base 9.25 ins across