id: 149041
accession number: 1977.182
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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:
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culture: France, Paris
technique: silver
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Silver
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catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
* Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695–1750) - designer
* Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French) - maker
Master 1714
* Henry Adnet (French, 1745) - maker
Master 1712
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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.)
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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]
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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:
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston [1711–1773], England, by descent to his wife, Elizabeth Chudleigh
date: 1740-1773
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citations:
Elizabeth Chudleigh, sometime Duchess of Kingston [1721–1788], England
date: 1773-1788
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Prince Alexander Bezborodko [1747–1799], Russia
date: 1788-1799 (?)
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citations:
Count Elie Bezborodko [1756–1815], Russia
date: 1799-1815 (?)
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Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko [1800-1855], Russia
date: 1815-1855 (?)
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citations:
Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsoff [1832-1909], Russia, by descent to his heirs
date: 1855-1909 (?)
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citations:
(Jacques Seligmann [1858-1923], Paris, France, 1909, sold to John Pierpont Morgan)
date:
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John Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913]
date: 1909-1913 (?)
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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
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citations:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1977-
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RELATED WORKS
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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:
"Welcome, Ada de Wit: The museum's new curator of decorative art." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 3 (2023): 22-23.
page number: Reproduced: P. 23.
url:
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