Several years ago I wrote a post about a purple transferware soup tureen that I had come across and now use as a storage container for washcloths in our master bathroom. I roll the towels up lengthwise so they resemble roses and place them in the tureen. It mimics a huge bouquet of roses in a beautiful vessel. This is one of my favorite pieces of transferware and I throughly enjoyed researching and learning about, though it took a little time to gather the information I found. The stamp / makers mark on the bottom of the tureen reads Chantilian (pattern name) and R & C. R & C which stands for Read and Clementson, Staffordshire potters at High Street at Shelton, Hanley. This firm, as with many of the early transferware manufacturers, had a short production period from 1833-35, when many potters sprang up out nowhere because of the huge business transfer printing had become in England. I was elated to know I had found such an early piece, nearly 200 yea