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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tureen Stand

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen stand of hard-paste porcelain. Relief-moulded in rococo silver style with feathery scrolls and reeded, shaped edge, and in low relief with rocaille scrolls and gadrooning. Painted with Deutsche or Manier Blumen, the reliefs partly gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tureen stand, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1750
Physical description
Tureen stand of hard-paste porcelain. Relief-moulded in rococo silver style with feathery scrolls and reeded, shaped edge, and in low relief with rocaille scrolls and gadrooning. Painted with Deutsche or Manier Blumen, the reliefs partly gilt.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 44.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '20' (Impressed)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XXVI (b), p. 99.
Collection
Accession number
3154-1852

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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