Tureen and cover in the form of a trussed goose

Moulded stoneware with glazed interior and leaf shaped knop

Made in Staffordshire, 1840-1860

Novelty serving dishes like this tureen were popular from the late eighteenth century. They usually held savoury courses like stews - great food to warm you up on a cold winter's day.

This tureen was a gift to the Decorative Art department at National Museums Liverpool from Joseph Mayer in 1867.

Accession number M1598

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• Holly
• Arctic fox
• 'The Liverpool Exchange, January 5th 1854' by John R Isaac
• Chocolate cup
• Hygrometers
• Arctic dolls
• Snowdrifts by Frederick Waugh
• Tureen
• Ivy
• Barometers
• Captain Scott letter
• Inuit ivory polar bear miniatures
• Dinky snow plough
• Mistletoe
• Chaffers teapot
• Lambrecht's polymeter
• Winter by Maurice Cockrill
• Polar bear
• Inuit woman's winter costume
• 'Boo-Boo' teapot
• Frankincense and myrrh
• return to Winter online exhibition gallery

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