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Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand

Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand

c. 1755
(Britain, London, 1745–84)
Overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)

Did You Know?

Though the form of a soup tureen suggests a functional role at the dining table, such large, expensive porcelains were probably only used for decoration because hot liquids might have easily caused them to crack.

Description

The ceramic factory at Chelsea, located along the river Thames in western London, was Britain’s most renowned factory of decorative porcelain in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to wealthy aristocrats, who took great care in developing specimen animal and poultry breeds on their country estates. The design for this particular tureen was taken from a popular seventeenth-century print by Francis Barlow depicting a farmyard.
  • ?-1984
    (Winifred Williams, London, 1984, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1984-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Bidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. Mentioned & reproduced: p. 136 library.clevelandart.org
    "Reimagining the British Galleries: Our curators preview the new look of the space.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 5-7. Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned: P. 6, 7.
  • British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
  • {{cite web|title=Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand|url=false|author=Chelsea Porcelain Factory|year=c. 1755|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.58