Dessert tureen
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1755 - 1760
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 160 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581960.1.2
Summary
One of a pair of tureens with domed covers, of quatrefoil section, one cover with a flower finial, the other with a strawberry finial, both having gilt rims; painted with European flowers(deutsche blumen). Marked with crossed swords in underglaze blue. Used for flavoured creams or fine sugars. This is a tureen.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, manufacturer