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Tureen with cover and stand
Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
English
about 1770
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze scale blue ground, decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
Overall (tureen): 19.6 x 30 x 23 cm (7 11/16 x 11 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Other (stand): 6.4 x 34 x 26.8 cm (2 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Other (stand): 6.4 x 34 x 26.8 cm (2 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2162a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPress-molded. Oval, quatre-lobed form. Applied green and puce branch handle with green oak leaves and gold acorns. Gilt gadrooned rim.
Marks
fretted square in underglaze blue on tureen and stand
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)