Tureen
ca. 1756 (made)
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Sauce tureen with cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, naturalistically modelled as a plaice.
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and modelled |
| Brief description | Sauce tureen with cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Chelsea porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1756. |
| Physical description | Sauce tureen with cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, naturalistically modelled as a plaice. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr and Mrs D. MacAlister |
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| Accession number | C.1451 to B-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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