STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN VIEW TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC SOUP LADLE, featuring Fort Gansevoort, New York, depicting a whitewashed structure adjacent to the Hudson River with figures in foreground, from the Vine Border series. Unmarked. Ralph Stevenson, Cobridge, England. 1810-1835. 10 1/2" L, bowl 4 1/4" D. Excellent visual condition, having professional restoration to bowl. Published: Old China Magazine, 5/1904, back cover; Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #9686.Literature: Parallels the Armans - Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List (First Supplement), p. 55, pl. #376. Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.Pook & Pook, Inc., 10/10/2013, lot 128.Ex-collection of Hayden Goldberg & Curtis F. Brown (retains collection label). Ex-collection of Nina and Bertram K. Little. Catalogue Note: Mr. Routson notes, this piece is "extremely rare, in fact it is the only known soup ladle in this series."