Lot 280
A VICTORIAN NEO-CLASSICAL SOUP TUREEN & COVER
boat-shaped with twin handles, bead borders and an oval pedestal foot, the body with applied paterae, tied ribbons & floral festoons, crested, by R. Martin & E. Hall, London 1877 (the maker's mark on the body overstruck by that of Francis Boone Thomas - retailer); 14" (35.5 cms) wide; 54.3 oz