Anthony Shaw and Son Opaque Stone China Tea Leaf Pattern Rectangular Covered Vegetable Tureen

A late 19th-century English ironstone covered vegetable tureen produced in Burslem, Staffordshire. The rectangular form is constructed of opaque stone china with a lead-glaze finish. It features a footed base with four molded feet, two scrolling lateral handles, and a high-domed lid topped with a geometric, tent-shaped finial. The piece is decorated in the Tea Leaf pattern, consisting of transfer-printed copper-lustre leaf-and-bud sprigs in a dark brown tone centered on the lid and the long sides of the body. Matching dark brown pinstripe banding accents the edges of the lid, body, feet, and handle details. The underside of the base bears a black transfer-printed mark featuring a central crown symbol. Arched above the crown are the words OPAQUE STONE CHINA. Below the crown is the text TRADE MARK. Arching below that are the words ANTHONY SHAW and SON. At the bottom is the word ENGLAND. A small hand-painted mark in reddish-brown consisting of a Y and two dots is present near the corner of the foot, along with a faint, illegible impressed mark near the center.Length: 11 1/2 inches across the handlesWidth: 8 1/4 inchesHeight: 6 1/2 inches to the top of the finial.