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Tureen

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-64379

Description

Bulbous oval tureen with confirming foot. C-Shaped handled at each end with a central knob. High domed lid with an oval knob finial. Wide magenta band on both lid and container with diaper decoration. Monogrammed “HCB” on side of lid.

French export porcelain dinner service with pattern of fruit, birds, and diaper and scroll designs around “HCB” monogram. Two serving plates, five tureens, three saucers, five platters, sixteen soup plates, seventeen dinner plates, fifteen dessert plates, nineteen other plates, one pitcher, two vegetable dishes, five serving dishes, one gravy boat, eighteen nappy dishes, ten cups and ten saucers, two compotes, two chargers, five dessert bowls, and one other bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tureens
gilding
porcelain
Tureen
Porcelain
Gilded
Tureen

Associated Person

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 8 x 7 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.1214.1

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