id: 149041 accession number: 1977.182 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.182 updated: 2023-08-23 22:34:54.932000 Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille), 1735–38. Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695–1750), Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French), Henry Adnet (French, 1745). Silver; overall: 36.9 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.); average: 35 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1977.182 title: Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1735–38 creation date earliest: 1735 creation date latest: 1738 current location: 216A French and German creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Paris technique: silver department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Silver find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695–1750) - designer * Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French) - maker Master 1714 * Henry Adnet (French, 1745) - maker Master 1712 --- measurements: Overall: 36.9 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.); Average: 35 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [Maker’s mark of Pierre−François Bonnestrenne, beneath platter; inside tureen (two marks)] translation: remark: inscription: [Warden's mark for Paris, 1734−1735, beneath platter; inside tureen; inside cover] translation: remark: inscription: [Charge mark of Hubert Louvet, Paris, 1732-1738, on platter border; beneath platter; beneath tureen; inside cover; inside tureen (two marks)] translation: remark: inscription: [Discharge mark of Louis Robin mostly used for stamping small work, Paris 1738−1744, on platter border; beneath tureen] translation: remark: inscription: [Warden's mark for Paris, 1736−1737, on platter border] translation: remark: inscription: [Possibly British import mark, London, 1925, on platter border] translation: remark: inscription: [Possibly mark of the British firm Charles & Richard Comyns, on platter border] translation: remark: inscription: [Discharge of Louis Robin mostly used for stamping gold and silver between 1738 and 1744, beneath tureen; outside cover] translation: remark: inscription: [Maker’s mark of Henry-Guillaume Adnet, inside cover] translation: remark: inscription: [Two small undefined marks, inside cover] translation: remark: inscription: [Under the surface of the platter the engraved signature]: “FAIT-PAR-I-A-MEISSONIER-ARCHITECTTE”; [and the weight] “673=5"; “No. [v] I 50 £ b76Sol”; [and the numbers] “A nº 1”; “A nº2” translation: remark: inscription: [On tureen lip]: "MEISSONIER" translation: remark: inscription: [On tureen lip]: “A nº 3”; “A nº2” [in order to place the tureen correctly on the stand] translation: remark: inscription: [Numbers engraved on the stand, the tureen, and the cover to show how the piece should be assembled]: “A nº 1” [on the base of the tureen; beneath the cover; on the platter], “A nº 2” [on the platter], “A nº 3” [on the exterior rim of the tureen], “A nº4”; “A nº 5” [outside the cover], “A nº 7” [on the border of the platter] translation: remark: inscription: [Two warden's marks for Paris, 1735-1736, beneath tureen] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Tanke och form i rokokon (18th Century: Thought and Form in the Rococo Age) opening date: 1979-10-04T04:00:00 Tanke och form i rokokon (18th Century: Thought and Form in the Rococo Age). Nationalmuseum, 103 24 Stockholm, Sweden (organizer) (October 4, 1979-January 6, 1980). title: Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink opening date: 1983-07-26T04:00:00 Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983). title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00 All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995). title: Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008 opening date: 2008-03-07T00:00:00 Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 7-July 6, 2008). title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00 Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston [1711–1773], England, by descent to his wife, Elizabeth Chudleigh date: 1740-1773 footnotes: citations: Elizabeth Chudleigh, sometime Duchess of Kingston [1721–1788], England date: 1773-1788 footnotes: citations: Prince Alexander Bezborodko [1747–1799], Russia date: 1788-1799 (?) footnotes: citations: Count Elie Bezborodko [1756–1815], Russia date: 1799-1815 (?) footnotes: citations: Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko [1800-1855], Russia date: 1815-1855 (?) footnotes: citations: Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsoff [1832-1909], Russia, by descent to his heirs date: 1855-1909 (?) footnotes: citations: (Jacques Seligmann [1858-1923], Paris, France, 1909, sold to John Pierpont Morgan) date: footnotes: citations: John Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913] date: 1909-1913 (?) footnotes: citations: (Charles and Richard Comyns, London, England, 1925-1926, sold to anonymous buyer) date: 1925-1926 footnotes: citations: (Peter Zervudachi [b. 1921], Galerie du Lac, Vevey, Switzerland, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 1977 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1977- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The langoustine, pigeon, and vegetables were cast using real examples giving the silver copies lifelike detail and appearance. digital description: Designed by one of Louis XV’s official architects, this tureen exemplifies the French rococo style, an artistic movement celebrating naturalistic forms that developed in Paris during the early 1700s. In contrast to classical, controlled symmetry, rococo forms morph, twist, and spill into the space around them. Meissonnier embellished this tureen in a picturesque arrangement of vegetables and creatures, transforming a utilitarian object into a decadent display of wealth and abundance. This masterpiece comes from a set of two tureens commissioned by the English Duke of Kingston during an extended stay in Paris in the 1730s. wall description: Designed by one of Louis XV’s official architects, this tureen exemplifies the French rococo style, an artistic movement celebrating naturalistic forms that developed in Paris during the early 1700s. In contrast to classical, controlled symmetry, rococo forms morph, twist, and spill into the space around them. Meissonnier embellished this tureen in a picturesque arrangement of vegetables and creatures, transforming a utilitarian object into a decadent display of wealth and abundance. This masterpiece comes from a set of two tureens commissioned by the English Duke of Kingston during an extended stay in Paris in the 1730s. Today the second tureen is in a private collection. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 177 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n197 Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Has Purchased Jointly with Stichting Collectie Thyssen—Bornemisza the Kingston Tureens,” January 4, 1978, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr2515 Hawley, Henry H. "Meissonnier's Silver for the Duke of Kingston." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 10 (December 1978): 312-52. page number: Reproduced: figs. 3, 7, 16 url: wwww.jstor.org/stable/25159607 Truman, Charles. Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Silver. London: Conran Octopus, 1996. page number: Mentioned: p. 93 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=29221527 Donley, Gregory M, "A Discerning Eye", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 39 no. 05, May 1999 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1999-05/page/n5 May, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: no. 40, p. 42 url: Jolly, Anna. Seidengewebe des 18. Jahrhunderts. 2. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2002. page number: Mentioned: p. 34 url: Fuhring, Peter. "The Silver Inventory from 1741 of Louis, duc d'Orleans." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 8 (2003): 130-145. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130-131, fig. 1 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079735 Caillaud-de Guido, Laurence. "La courbe rocaille, lien entre les siècles." L'Estampille, l'objet d'art, no. 435 (May 2008).

 1989. page number: Referenced: p. 14 url: Böhmer, Achim, and Sara Hausmann. Retrodesign: stylelab. Mainz: Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 2009. page number: Mentioned: p. 184 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=456565304 Franklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New York, NY: Scala Publishers, 2012. page number: Reproduced & mentioned: pp. 214-215 url: Bailey, Gauvin Alexander. Baroque and Rococo. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2012. page number: Mentioned: p. 293, fig. 179 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=804911527 Truman, Charles, Seoyoung Kim, and Rebecca Wallis. The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Gold Boxes. London: The Trustees of the Wallace Colection, 2013. page number: Mentioned: p. 67, fig. 4.1 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=746463344 Bidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. page number: Reproduced & mentioned: p. 135 url: Schroder, Timothy. "Rococo Silver." In Scrolls of Fantasy: The Rococo and Ceramics in England, C. 1735-C. 1775. Charles Dawson, ed., 7-26. London: English Ceramic Circle, 2015. page number: Reproduced: p. 9, fig. 5 url: Manners, Errol. "The Rococo Porcelain of Europe and its influence on British Ceramics." In Scrolls of Fantasy: The Rococo and Ceramics in England, C. 1735-C. 1775. Charles Dawson, ed., 27-38. London: English Ceramic Circle, 2015. page number: Reproduced: p. 28, fig. 4 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.182/1977.182_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.182/1977.182_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.182/1977.182_full.tif