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Tureen with cover
Tureen, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a rounded spreading foot-rim, shallow bowl with rounded sides moulded into four lobes, to either side of the body twin entwined rustic handles, round domed cover also moulded into four lobes with to the centre a finial modelled in the form of a piece of fruit with a stem and leaves, the exterior body of the tureen and the top of the cover decorated with applied modelled flowering plants; the flowering plants overpainted in polychrome enamels. Some small chips to the flowers and finial, a chip to the rim of the cover repaired.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35900
Creation/Production
Vincennes Porcelain Factory
Date: 1750 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 17/8/1982
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.4
diam
(cm): 19.6
Width
(cm): 24.5
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 7
Width
(in): 9
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
glaze
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case 20
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