id: 152003 accession number: 1984.58 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.58 updated: 2020-11-04 21:25:00.175000 Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand, c. 1755. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745-84). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.58 title: Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1755 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1760 current location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: England, London, Chelsea technique: soft-paste porcelain department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745-84) - maker --- measurements: Overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1984 opening date: 1985-04-03T04:00:00 Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No legacy exhibitions. --- PROVENANCE (Winifred Williams, London, 1984, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1984 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1984- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Though the form of a soup tureen suggests a functional role at the dining table, such large, expensive porcelains were probably only used for decoration because hot liquids might have easily caused them to crack. digital description: The ceramic factory at Chelsea, located along the river Thames in western London, was Britain’s most renowned factory of decorative porcelain in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to wealthy aristocrats, who took great care in developing specimen animal and poultry breeds on their country estates. The design for this particular tureen was taken from a popular seventeenth-century print by Francis Barlow depicting a farmyard. wall description: The ceramic factory at Chelsea, located along the river Thames in western London, was Britain’s most renowned factory of decorative porcelain in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to wealthy aristocrats, who took great care in developing specimen animal and poultry breeds on their country estates. Though the form of a soup tureen suggests a functional role at the dining table, such large, expensive porcelains were probably only used for decoration because hot liquids might have easily caused them to crack. --- RELATED WORKS id: 161652 Stand, c. 1755. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (British). Porcelain; overall: 48.7 x 37.7 x 6.4 cm (19 3/16 x 14 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2000.3 relationship: --- CITATIONS Bidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 136 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=857403600 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.58/1984.58_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.58/1984.58_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.58/1984.58_full.tif