Tureen, for vegetables, white earthenware, rectangular, decorated with brown printed 'Cenis' pattern of conifer branches painted in colours underglaze; base, printed factory mark, pattern name and registered design mark with encoded date of 9th October

Tureen, for vegetables, white earthenware, rectangular, decorated with brown printed 'Cenis' pattern of conifer branches painted in colours underglaze; base, printed factory mark, pattern name and registered design mark with encoded date of 9th October 1871, made by E J Ridgway and Son, Bedford Works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1871+
the pattern name may refer to Val Cenis, a resort in the French Alps, where conifers are no doubt found in abundance