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Tureen and Cover

ca.1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen and cover, with decoration of flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tureen
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Earthenware,painted
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with decoration of flowers and leaves, probably made by Pasquale Antonibon & Son, Nove, Vicenza, Italy, ca.1870
Physical description
Tureen and cover, with decoration of flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Circumference: 25cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Object history
Included in a collection of Italian Pottery exhibited by the Science & Art Dept., 1871, no.4161.
Historical context
See Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals, ed. Montague J Guest, London, 1911 for an account of her visit to the Antonibon factory in 1869. The factory was established in 1763; Francesco Antonibon is recorded as the proprietor in 1869. Pasquale Antonibon specialised in 'imitations of the best and earliest ware' and sold through a Venetian dealer, Rietti, who had a monopoly.
Production
Pasquale Antonibon & Son, of Nove, Vicenza, exhibited 'painted earthenware vases' at the Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1867.
Other number
HMC.41 - H.M.C. Loan no.
Collection
Accession number
C.625-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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