Tureen and Cover
ca. 1765-1790 (made)
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Body of rococo form with undulating outline and scroll handles and feet, the cover similarly ornamented and with handle formed as naturalistic twigs with lemons and a fig (?), both parts painted with floral sprays and with the rococo scrollwork picked out in pink
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Physical description | Body of rococo form with undulating outline and scroll handles and feet, the cover similarly ornamented and with handle formed as naturalistic twigs with lemons and a fig (?), both parts painted with floral sprays and with the rococo scrollwork picked out in pink |
| Credit line | Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq. |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Joseph Robert, mid-18th century; relabelled 'perhaps factory of Joseph Robert'. For a similar tureen with the factory mark see Musées de Marseille, La Faïence de Marseille au XVIIIe siècle: La manufacture de la Veuve Perrin, 1991, exhibition catalogue, no. 73, and for a related one dated to c. 1765-end of 18th century see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 106 top. |
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| Accession number | C.259&A-1921 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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