Not on display

Soup Tureen

c.1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rorstrand
Place of origin
stockholm

Urn-shaped with scroll handles, resting on spreading foot, on attached oval dish; the conical lid terminates in a pineapple knob. Borders formed by narrow bands of blue outlined by double lines in gold; the knob and handles picked out in gold.

Object details

Object type
Soup tureen
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Soup Tureen Body
  • Soup Tureen Cover
  • Soup Tureen Stand
Brief description
Tureen, cover and stand of "stone china", painted in light blue and gilt. Swedish (Stockholm Rörstrand), about 1870.
Physical description
Urn-shaped with scroll handles, resting on spreading foot, on attached oval dish; the conical lid terminates in a pineapple knob. Borders formed by narrow bands of blue outlined by double lines in gold; the knob and handles picked out in gold.
Dimensions
  • Tureen and cover height: 27.3cm (Note: Converted from register)
  • Tureen and cover diameter: 27.3cm (Note: Converted from register)
  • Stand width: 32.4cm (Note: Converted from register)
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Other number
HMC.97 - H.M.C. Loan no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.605-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O308331/soup-tureen-rorstrand/
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