Tureen in shape of a melon with cover and attached stand
Factory Leeds Pottery British
Not on view
Although Josiah Wedgwood was the most important English producer of creamware, which he improved and marketed as “Queensware,” Leeds Pottery represented an important competitor in the field of creamware made for the table. This lively tureen in the shape of a melon demonstrates the interest that eighteenth-century British consumers had in naturalistic forms rendered in plain, undecorated creamware.
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