id:			152003
accession number:	1984.58
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.58
updated:		2019-04-18 11:59:41.816000

Hen and Chicks Tureen, c. 1755. Chelsea Porcelain Factory (British). 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
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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:			

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culture:	England, Chelsea, 18th century
technique:	porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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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.
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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
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Winifred Williams, London).
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wall description: 
The Chelsea porcelain factory, in what is now London, was England's most important ceramic manufactory in the mid-18th century. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits have long been recognized as outstanding products of this factory. The condition of Cleveland's amusing hen with her chicks is particularly good. The tureen was recently united with a stand of the same design as one originally intended to accompany it.
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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

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IMAGES

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