Tureen
ca. 1781 (made), 1781 (modelled)
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Tureen of hard-paste porcelain, one of a pair. In the form of a Drake Mallard, made in two sections. Naturalistically painted in enamel colours, and mounted on ormolu base in Louis XVI style from which spring green painted metal bulrushes with soft-paste white flowers probably from Sèvres and other French factories.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, mounted on ormolu |
| Brief description | Tureen, one of a pair, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with ormolu mount and soft-paste porcelain attachement, modelled by Christian Gottlob Lücke in 1781 for Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1781 |
| Physical description | Tureen of hard-paste porcelain, one of a pair. In the form of a Drake Mallard, made in two sections. Naturalistically painted in enamel colours, and mounted on ormolu base in Louis XVI style from which spring green painted metal bulrushes with soft-paste white flowers probably from Sèvres and other French factories. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie |
| Object history | One of a pair of tureens, C.54&A-1968. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.54A-1968 |
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| Record created | October 30, 2009 |
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