Tureen Stand
ca. 1760-ca. 1765 (made)
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Tureen stand, tin-glazed earthenware, oval with scalloped and waved rim and rococo scrollwork at the handles, all piecked out in maroon and the edge with gilding, the centre painted with naturalistic flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Oval stand for a tureen, tin-glazed earthenware, with floral decoration painted in enamels, Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1760-1765 |
| Physical description | Tureen stand, tin-glazed earthenware, oval with scalloped and waved rim and rococo scrollwork at the handles, all piecked out in maroon and the edge with gilding, the centre painted with naturalistic flowers |
| Marks and inscriptions | a fleur-de-lys (painted in purple) |
| Object history | Bought from the Aigoin collection. |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles; reattributed to Sceaux. For an identical dish with similar painting and matching tureen dated to c. 1760-5 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 152 top. |
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| Accession number | 474-1870 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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