Tureen and Cover
1850-1900 (made)
| Place of origin |
Tureen and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a bundle of asparagus tied round with a brown band.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Tureen and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, possibly German, c. 1850-1900. |
| Physical description | Tureen and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a bundle of asparagus tied round with a brown band. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Blue mark (Underside) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Hard-paste copy of an 18th century hard-paste Gera or soft-paste Chelsea tureen and cover. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | For a hard-paste asparagus tureen and cover of comparable design, see Bonhams, Fine European Ceramics including porcelain from the von Klemperer Collection, London, 8 December 2010, lot 60, where attributed to Gera (it has the G mark in underglaze blue under the cover) and dated to the late 18th century. For a version in tin-glazed earthenware attributed to Sceaux (unmarked), see Christies, London, 11 December 2000, lot 222. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.224&A-1935 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2009 |
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