Tureen with Sphinx-Head Handles
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.
- 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
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1924-33-2-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq464973aa0-c244-41c6-af15-72d8c16c3cd0
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