Tureen
1742 (made)
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Tureen and cover of hard-paste porcelain, covered with white glaze. Low, round shape, relief-moulded in shell pattern. Two side handles modelled as dolphins and putti. Domed cover with a handle modelled as a woman seated on a dolphin. Applied shells and oriental flowers, including swags between handles and rococo cartouches.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, applied and glazed |
| Brief description | Tureen and cover, white-glazed hard-paste porcelain, moulded, with applied decoration, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1742 |
| Physical description | Tureen and cover of hard-paste porcelain, covered with white glaze. Low, round shape, relief-moulded in shell pattern. Two side handles modelled as dolphins and putti. Domed cover with a handle modelled as a woman seated on a dolphin. Applied shells and oriental flowers, including swags between handles and rococo cartouches. |
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| Credit line | Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq. |
| Object history | An undecorated copy of those supplied for the Swan Service for Count Heinrich von Brühl (1737). Tureen probably modelled ca. 1740-41. Cover knob was remodelled ("neue form") by Eberlein in November 1742 (probably the addition of putti to the side handles was made at this time) |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. Also U. Pietsch, in Schwanenservice, cat. 17, pp. 150-151 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ulrich Pietsch, in: Schwanenservice, Leipzig, 2000, cat. 17, pp. 150-151 |
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| Accession number | C.310&A-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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