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Duck tureen with lid and stand
Made by: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
Modeled by: Johann Wilhelm Lanz (German, active in France, 1748–1761)
Probably painted by: Johann Gottlieb Rothe (German, working in France, 1748 – 1755)
Modeled by: Johann Wilhelm Lanz (German, active in France, 1748–1761)
Probably painted by: Johann Gottlieb Rothe (German, working in France, 1748 – 1755)
French (Strasbourg)
About 1745–1754
Object Place: Strasbourg, France
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, enamel colors
Dimensions
Height: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.877a-c
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionThe plumage in red, purple, blue, with blue-green head, and yellow beak, the stand richly encrusted with flowering branches in colors
Marks
base with R mark in purple, modelled by J. W. Lanz
ProvenanceBy 1930, Calvet collection [see note 1]. November 24-25, 1930, Calvet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 221. René Eugene Fribourg (b. 1880 - d. 1963), New York; October 16, 1963, posthumous Fribourg sale, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 383. The Antique Porcelain Company, New York. By 1993, Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] Possibly the collection of Esprit Calvet (b. 1728 - d. 1810), who collected antiques and "chinoiseries" among others and whose collection became the foundation for the Musee Calvet in Avignon, France.
NOTES:
[1] Possibly the collection of Esprit Calvet (b. 1728 - d. 1810), who collected antiques and "chinoiseries" among others and whose collection became the foundation for the Musee Calvet in Avignon, France.