id: 152003
accession number: 1984.58
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.58
updated: 2023-01-11 05:52:26.584000
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
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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
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culture: England, London, Chelsea
technique: soft-paste porcelain
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84) - maker
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measurements: Overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
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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).
title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00
British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* No legacy exhibitions.
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PROVENANCE
(Winifred Williams, London, 1984, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1984
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1984-
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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.
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RELATED WORKS
id: 161652
Stand for a Hen and Chicks Tureen, c. 1755. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745-84). Soft-paste 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
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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
"Reimagining the British Galleries: Our curators preview the new look of the space.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 5-7.
page number: Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned: P. 6, 7.
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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