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    Posted 9 years ago

    kivatinitz
    (342 items)

    These tureens have the same blank with different transfer patterns. We bought the first, the blue one, about nine years ago. It has no lid, it has signs of intensive use and I was sure the date of elaboration: 1910. It was done for the 100 years commemoration of the first important antecedent of independence from Spain, 25th May 1810. In that moment Argentina was a prosperous country, Buenos Aires was a luxury city and many important buildings were done for that birthday. The pattern has been done in a pale blue and over the white of the pottery makes the colors of our flag, on the other hand they show the recently built structures like the Congress and all the square that was done following the design of Thays a French architect and garden designer. Also the cathedral was of the same era. The transfer are three panesl that show this two buildings (second and third pictures and a sight of the square) The fiesta was very big, my grandfather was about five years old but he remembered that there was free asado (barbecue) for everybody in the small towns. Buenos Aires the capital, has been fully illuminated and while everybody else in the world was worry about the Haley comet here there were lots of important people from other countries. You can see several interesting pictures and read something more in Spanish here http://www.arcondebuenosaires.com.ar/plaza_mayo.htm http://www.arcondebuenosaires.com.ar/plaza_mayo_parte2.htm.
    http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenario_argentino

    Turning again to the tureen, thou I knew the data I did not known anything else. Sure it was imported because at that time there was no production of pottery in Argentina, they came here in the same boats that then return to their countries with meat and cereals. In an older post I told about this http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/131995-a-big-cypa-cermica-y-porcelana-argent . Two years later we found the other tureen with the green transfer. This one was marked Boch Freres La Louviere E-P01 http://www.libertys.com/emaux.htm, some history here http://www.industrie.lu/faiencerieBochLaLouviere.html in French. This one was bought to a clock seller and repairer because I wanted the ladle and were sold as a set. The blank is interesting because the handles and finial are knotted ropes. Here you can see two without any transfer http://www.inessa.com/antique-china-ceramics/antique-soup-tureen-32570.html, https://www.etsy.com/es/listing/208453600/tureen-in-white-stoneware-boch-la?ref=market.

    From this history we learned that many times important potteries made some pieces unmarked or marked with a different mark (in Spanish for example) to be sell here in Buenos Aires or Rosario. I will post some French Limoges that has a transfer exclusive for a local coffee seller.

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    Comments

    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      stunning!!!!
    2. sklo42 sklo42, 9 years ago
      What a superb tureen, and a wonderful piece of history to own.
    3. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      Thanks a lot Sean Sklo, AGH, manikin, surf and Mikel
    4. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      Great history and tureens Kivatinitz.

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