Tureen
- Place of origin:
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Sinceny pottery factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
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The Sinceny factory produced ceramics that were very close in style to the ware produced in Rouen, probably due to the migration of workers from the latter to the former (Lane, Arthur, p. 21). Between about 1725 and 1750, faïence with polychrome colouring was made as the taste for blue and white ware had passed its peak (Lane, Arthur, p. 24). This example depicts a chinoiserie scene, a style which became widespread in the second quarter of the eighteenth century.
Physical description
Low octagonal tureen, the cover painted with Chinese men attacking a dragon with spears, the base painted with India flowers
Place of Origin
France (made)
Date
ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/maker
Sinceny pottery factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Marks and inscriptions
'S' painted in black
Dimensions
Width: 360 mm whole, Height: 192 mm tureen and cover, Depth: 277 mm whole
Object history note
Formerly in the collection of Lucien Lévy. Illustrated in Chompret etc, Repertoire V, pl. 5. Exhibited at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, 1932.
Acquisition type: Bequest
Descriptive line
Tin-glazed earthenware tureen and cover, painted in colours, made by Sinceny pottery factory, France, about 1750
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 30B
Production Note
Acquired as Sinceny. Illustrated Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 30B, as Sinceny, mid-18th century. For a similar Sinceny tureen painted with a different subject see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 66.
Materials
Earthenware
Subjects depicted
Men; Dragon; Spears
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware; Food vessels & Tableware
Collection code
CER
