Tureen with Sphinx-Head Handles

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Tureen mounted on pedestal, being attached by brass bolt and nut. Pedestal with triangular foot and circular shaft; bowl of tureen decorated with two sphinx-head handles. Cover crowned with laurel leaves and seeds. Polychrome decoration of flowers and leaves.

Date

ca. 1810

Accession Number

1924-33-2-a,b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

ceramics

Decorative Arts

Object Name

tureen

Type

tureen

Medium

hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

Dimensions

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 35.5 × 36 × 25.5 cm (14 in. × 14 3/16 in. × 10 1/16 in.)

H x W x D (a: tureen): 24 × 25.5 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

H x diam. (b: lid): 15.3 × 26.5 cm (6 in. × 10 7/16 in.)

manufactured in

Germany

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq464973aa0-c244-41c6-af15-72d8c16c3cd0

Record ID

chndm_1924-33-2-a_b