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Confinement Tureen with Lid

1774-1780
Made by the Loosdrecht porcelain factory, Loosdrecht, Netherlands (1774–1784) Factory owned by Joannes de Mol (Dutch, 1726–1782)
Confinement tureens were used to take hot foods to new mothers as they convalesced after childbirth.

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