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A Blue Printed Ceramic Soup Ladle with Bird Claw Reverse C,1840
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A Blue Printed Ceramic Soup Ladle with Bird Claw Reverse C,1840

19th century
For Sale by Mark J West
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A blue printed ceramic soup ladle with bird claw reverse c,1840

Physical Dimensions
Width
30cm (11.81")
Declaration

Mark J West has dated this Blue Transferware Soup Ladle to the 1850s.

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SA1196227
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0281
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Description
A blue printed ceramic soup ladle with bird claw reverse c,1840
Width
30cm (11.81")
Date of Manufacture

Mark J West has dated this Blue Transferware Soup Ladle to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1196227
Dealers Internal Ref
0281
Mark J West
Mark J West
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2016

Mark west is a specialist dealer in antique glass.

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An early Victorian blue and white transfer-printed ceramic soup ladle featuring a curved blue handle and chinoiserie patterned bowl.
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Archive I An early Victorian blue and white transfer-printed ceramic soup ladle featuring a curved blue handle and chinoiserie patterned bowl.

A Blue Printed Ceramic Soup Ladle with Bird Claw Reverse C,1840

Archive II An early Victorian blue and white transfer-printed ceramic soup ladle featuring a curved blue handle and chinoiserie patterned bowl. View II
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Mark J West

Mark J West
Telephone 07956 117 693
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Surrey
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/markjwest
Verified Since Dec 2016
Items For Sale 155
Mark J West
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An early Victorian blue and white transfer-printed ceramic soup ladle featuring a curved blue handle and chinoiserie patterned bowl.
A blue printed ceramic soup ladle with bird claw reverse c,1840
Ref: SA1196227
An early Victorian blue and white transfer-printed ceramic soup ladle featuring a curved blue handle and chinoiserie patterned bowl.
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  • ObjectLadles
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialEarthenware, Ceramic
  • ColourBlue, White
  • MotifsWillow pattern, Underglaze transfer, Hooked handle
  • SizeW 30 cm (12 in)

A Victorian blue and white transfer-printed earthenware soup ladle sits ready for service in an English country house interior. The piece displays a deep circular bowl decorated with an underglaze transfer chinoiserie willow pattern featuring oriental buildings, weeping trees, and flying birds against a white ground. A long curved handle finished in a mottled blue glaze extends outward, terminating in a hooked end with a bird claw reverse shape on the underside. Subtle crazing and glaze variations mark the surface of the ceramic throughout the utensil, indicating age and history. The ladle measures 30 cm wide from the edge of the bowl to the end of the handle. Placed upon a sideboard top or displayed within a kitchen or dining room setting, this serving piece brings traditional ceramic artistry into daily modern display.

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Transfer-printed pottery is produced by applying an engraved copperplate design onto paper and transferring the wet cobalt ink onto unglazed earthenware before final glazing and firing. This technique allowed intricate oriental and chinoiserie designs to be produced in Great Britain throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Victorian ceramic ladles were typically fashioned from earthenware or pearlware, finished with an underglaze cobalt blue transfer print and a clear protective glaze. Long handles were molded separately and joined to the bowl prior to firing.

Authentic nineteenth-century ceramic ladles display underglaze cobalt transfer patterns with subtle seam joins along the handle. They often show glaze crazing, minor stilt marks from the kiln, and natural wear along the rim and reverse hook.

An antique ceramic ladle can be displayed in a ceramic pitcher on a kitchen dresser, hung from a wall-mounted brass utensil rack, or paired alongside a blue and white soup tureen on a sideboard.

Hand wash antique earthenware gently in warm water using a mild soap, avoiding prolonged soaking. Do not place in modern dishwashers or expose to rapid temperature changes, as this causes thermal shock and deepens glaze crazing.
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