Portmeirion Pottery Botanic Garden 8 Pint Soup Tureen, Lily And Clematis, BG840
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A  Portmeirion Botanic Garden 8 Pint Soup Tureen, Lily And Clematis, Designed By Susan Williams-Ellis.

An 8 pint covered soup tureen from the Botanic Garden design featuring Lily And Clematis as the motifs. The lid features Speedwell as the motif.

This wonderful soup tureen is one of the largest pieces of Portmeirion and makes a real statement. It has a green oval backstamp because it is a very slight second. There are minor production marks on the lid, one on the bowl and one on the base of the stand. Please see the photographs for all details of this lovely soup tureen.

Please check the rest of our shop for more examples in this design.

Approx Dimensions:-

11.25 in (28.5 cm) handle to handle

12.25 in (31 cm) to top of lid knob

8.25 in (21 cm) bowl diameter across the top

Botanic Garden

So impressed was Susan with the floral transfers made for her Mother's Day Plate in 1971, she decided to start collecting antique drawings and illustrations of plants, butterflies and insects with which she could decorate a new range of pottery. Susan called the design Botanic Garden and in 1972 produced it on a new shape of ware called Drum, which was based on the Meridian shape. The African Daisy was the first of many flowers to be incorporated into the range where different flower motifs appeared on each piece. Botanic Garden was, and now after over 40 years still is, one of the world's most successful pottery designs and forms half of Portmeirion's turnover. It really is a timeless and beautiful design. The now iconic, green leaf pattern that forms the border on the range, became part of Portmeirion's company logo and now appears on all of their products.