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Covered tureen and stand
Made at: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
Formerly attributed to: Niderviller Manufactory (France)
Formerly attributed to: Niderviller Manufactory (France)
French (Strasbourg?)
about 1763–70
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall (tureen with cover): 21.9 x 30.1 x 20.3 cm (8 5/8 x 11 7/8 x 8 in.)
Overall (stand): 4 x 36.2 x 27.6 cm (1 9/16 x 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Overall (stand): 4 x 36.2 x 27.6 cm (1 9/16 x 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2016a-c
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionOval tureen cover and platter. White ground with polychrome flowers, cover has lemon and leaf finial, leaf painted inside tureen; platter similarly decorated, with brown trim. Two handles on tureen.
Marks
Cover: 399 in underglaze blue. Tureen: H/399 in underglaze blue above a line, 90 in brown below. Stand: H/io8 in underglaze blue above a line, 90 in brown below
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)