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Tureen (Swan tureen)
Meissen porcelain factory
1744-1900
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
1996.0004.228 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur
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Object Number
1996.0004.228 A, B
Object Name
Tureen (Swan tureen)
Category
Ceramics - Campbell Collection
Creator (Role)
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Date
1744-1900
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Traces of an underglaze blue crossed swords mark
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
15 (H) x 14.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
38.1 (H) x 36.83 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. & Halfpenny, Patricia A. 2000 The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur.
• Published: no. 68, p. 126, 1744 or possibly 19th C.Book: Selections from the Campbell Museum Collection (multiple editions).
• Published: 1969, no. 30; 1972, no. 48; 1976, no. 48; 1978, no. 50; 1983, no. 98Article: Beem, Barbara & Beem, Ken. 11//2014 Collector's Corner Perfect 10: Rating Tureens. New England Antiques Journal. 30-31.
• Published: p. 30Catalogue: 1990 Selections from the Campbell Museum Collection (Suntory Museum Exhib. Cat.).
• Published: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, loan exhib. cat., p. 26, no. 38Article: Beem, Barbara. 11/02/2021 Majestic tureens welcomed soup to the table. Antique Week. 1, 23.
• Published: p. 1Article: Graham, John M. 12//1969 The American Connoisseur: Rare Ceramics in the New Campbell Museum at Camden, New Jersey. Connoisseur. 172 (694): 285-93.
• Published: p. 285, no. 1Book: Andres-Acevedo, Sarah-Katharina & Ottomeyer, Hans. 2016 From Invention to Perfecion.
• Pair of similar swan tureens with French ormolu mounts: p. 299, fig. 83, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen, December 1773; manufactured c. 1774/75. French mounts c. 1775Book: Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Chelsea soft paste porcelain swan tureen with enameled flower on upper portion of bowl: pp. 262-3, Chelsea porcelain factory, London, 1755-56.