id: 152003 accession number: 1984.58 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.58 updated: 2019-06-11 08:00:18.889000 Hen and Chicks Tureen, c. 1755. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (British). 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 Tureen title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1755 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1760 current location: 203B American and British Decorative Arts creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: England, Chelsea, 18th century technique: soft-paste porcelain department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Chelsea Porcelain Factory (British) - artist Probably the first and in many ways the best in England. The factory's early history is very obscure; but it may have acquired the secret of porcelain manufacture from Thomas Briand, who demonstrated a fine white porcelain to the Royal Society in 1742. The earliest known products are small cream jugs in the form two reclining goats marked with the date 1745. --- 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 --- PROVENANCE (Winifred Williams, London). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Although tureens with covers were meant to serve hot stews and soups, elaborate and expensive porcelain examples, such as this one, were probably only meant to impress since a hot liquid could easily cause it to shatter. digital description: The Chelsea porcelain factory, in what is now London, was England's most important ceramic factory in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to aristocrats with large country estates and have long been recognized as outstanding products of this factory. The tureen was recently united with a stand of the same design as one originally intended to accompany it. wall description: The Chelsea porcelain factory, in what is now London, was England's most important ceramic factory in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to aristocrats with large country estates and have long been recognized as outstanding products of this factory. The tureen was recently united with a stand of the same design as one originally intended to accompany it. --- 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: originally part of --- CITATIONS 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 & Discussed: Pg. 136 url: --- 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