Sugar Turren
1767 (dated), 1838 (altered)
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Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain. The two parts, which do not match, are painted in polychrome enamels with scattered bouquets (tureen) and fruit and branches (cover).
Mounts: The silver mount on the tureen has been dated as c. 1838
Mounts: The silver mount on the tureen has been dated as c. 1838
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and with silver mount |
| Brief description | Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain, painted in enamels, and with silver mount, Mennecy porcelain factory, France, 1767 |
| Physical description | Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain. The two parts, which do not match, are painted in polychrome enamels with scattered bouquets (tureen) and fruit and branches (cover). Mounts: The silver mount on the tureen has been dated as c. 1838 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'f B 1767' or 'N 3 1767' (incised on the cover) |
| Credit line | Given by W. J. Sainsbury |
| Production | Silver mount of about 1838. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.107&A-1972 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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