id:			149042
accession number:	1977.182.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.182.a
updated:		2025-07-11 17:02:12.336000

Tureen, 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.a

title:				Tureen
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creation date:			1735–38
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1738
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	France, Paris
technique:	silver
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Silver
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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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	inscription:	engraved Meissonnier signature.
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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
	<i>Tanke och form i rokokon (18th Century: Thought and Form in the Rococo Age)</i>. Nationalmuseum, 103 24 Stockholm, Sweden (organizer) (October 4, 1979-January 6, 1980).

	title:		Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008
	opening date:   2008-03-07T00:00:00
	<i>Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008</i>. 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
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. 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, 1740-1773; Elizabeth Chudleigh, sometime Duchess of Kingston, 1773-1788; Prince Alexander Bezborodko, 1788-1799 (?); Count Elie Bezborodko, 1799-1815 (?); Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, 1815-1855 (?); A. A. Polovtsoff; his heirs, sold Paris, 1909; (Jacques Seligmann); J. P. Morgan, 1909-?; (Charles and Richard Comyns, London, 1925-1926); anonymous owner(s) until 1977; (Peter Zervudachi, Galerie du Lac, Vevey, Switzerland).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 177
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n197

	May, Sally Ruth. <em>Knockouts: a pocket guide.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 40, p. 42
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	Fuhring, Peter. "The Silver Inventory from 1741 of Louis, duc d'Orleans." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art </em>8 (2003): 130-145.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130-131, fig. 1
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079735

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 135
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IMAGES

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