Soup tureen (pair)
SS.63.417 b + c
Name/Title
Soup tureen (pair)Entry/Object ID
SS.63.417 a-dDescription
Pair of porcelain soup tureens with covers: tureen is octagonal in shape and oval in configuration; the deep body of the tureen rests on an octagonally shaped white porcelain foot, the bottom edge of which is gilded; two additional gilded lines have been applied as decoration to the foot; the body of the tureen is outlined with gilt along its bottom edge; the remaining two-thirds of the tureen's body reveals the white porcelain which has been decorated at its mid-point, along the width of the front and rear surface with a hand-painted floral spray surrounded by green leafage; the narrow ends of the tureen display molded and applied gilded handles in the shape of a volute scroll. The cover which is slightly domed conforms in shape to the octagonal body of the tureen; the outer rim is gilded and followed by a broad band of buff-colored glaze; the upper portion of the cover reveals the white porcelain body, decorated at its mid-point with a hand-painted floral spray; the position of which corresponds precisely to the position of the floral spray on the body of the tureen; the cover is surmounted by a molded and applied finial which appears mushroom-like in shape and has been partially gilded.Made/Created
Manufacturer
"Vieux Paris"Date made
circa 1840Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
SS.63.417 A-D
SS.63.417a-d