Tureen, Soup

Ceramic

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Rhode Island Historical Society

Tags

Permanent Collection

Description

Two part soup tureen in form of a water buffalo head: A) lid with horns, eyes and nostrils; B) bowl with lower mouth and teeth; exterior decorated with gold checked pattern, pictorial panels, floral motifs and a central phoenix medallion on forehead.

Acquisition

Accession

1976.91

Source or Donor

Sharpe, Peggy

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Credit line: In memory of Mrs. Jesse Metcalf and Mrs. John Carter Brown

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1790

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Tracking Number

Other Number

T1916.2013.20

Number Type

MINT Tree ID

Other Number

23835

Name/Title

Tureen, Soup