BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION (c.1951+) SOUP TUREEN WITH UNDER PLATE- BANNER STAMP! EXCELLENT!

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BLUE DANUBE- BLUE ONION  (c.1951+)  SOUP TUREEN WITH UNDER PLATE-  BANNER STAMP! EXCELLENT!

THE TUREEN, COVER AND UNDER PLATE ARE IN EXCELLENT MINT CONDITION.  THERE ARE NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING ….. APPEARS UNUSED.  THE COBALT BLUE AND MEISSEN STYLE PATTERN,  UNDER-GLAZED ON FINE TRANSLUCENT PORCELAIN,  DISPLAYS GREAT QUALITY!

THE BOWL  MEASURES 12 1/4 INCHES FROM HANDLE TO HANDLE END, THE OPENING UPON WHICH THE COVER SITS IS 8 1/2  BY 6 1/4  INCHES; AND BY ITSELF, STANDS 5 3/8 INCHES IN HEIGHT. THE UNDER PLATE IS 13 INCHES FROM END TO END AND 9 1/2 INCHES TO THE SIDES. ALTOGETHER  THE TUREEN STANDS 9 3/4 INCHES TO THE LID HANDLE.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO YOUR TUREEN COLLECTION OR TO YOUR  BLUE DANUBE/BLUE ONION SET.  DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS TIME GOES BY, FEWER OF THESE GREAT PIECES WILL BE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

****BLUE DANUBE-BLUE ONION DINNERWARE WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN 1951 BY JAPANESE POTTERIES FOR AMERICAN IMPORTER/DISTRIBUTOR LIPPER & MANN (BECOMING LIPPER INTERNATIONAL IN 1963), DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND PARTS OF EUROPE.

*****THE BLUE ONION DESIGN IS A GROUPING OF SEVERAL FLORAL MOTIFS, WITH JAPANESE PEACHES AND POMEGRANATES ALONG THE RIM  …..  AND IN THE CENTER, STYLIZED PEONIES AND ASTERS, THEIR STEMS, IN FLOWING CURVES, WINDING AROUND A BAMBOO STALK.  MEISSEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN EUROPE TO PRODUCE THIS PATTERN IN THE 1700’s.

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