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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tureen and Cover

ca. 1770s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen and cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels. Oval rococo bombé tureen on four scroll feet and with two handles, the high domed cover with naturalistic cabbage and vegetable finial, painted in enamels with floral sprays and bouquets


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tureen Body
  • Tureen Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Tureen and cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1770-1780
Physical description
Tureen and cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels. Oval rococo bombé tureen on four scroll feet and with two handles, the high domed cover with naturalistic cabbage and vegetable finial, painted in enamels with floral sprays and bouquets
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Production
Acquired as Sceaux, c. 1770
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.260&A-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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