Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob / Artist Unknown, France
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- Accession Number
- 1969/2.41
- Title
- Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with overglaze enamel
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Lorraine (region)
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (department)
- Lunéville (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lorraine (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (department)
- Creation Place 5
- Lunéville (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Rococo
- Period
- Europe, Rococo (1700-1775)
- Dimensions
- 23 cm x 34.5 cm x 22.5 cm (9 1/16 in. x 13 9/16 in. x 8 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vessel
- Physical Description
- This ovoid tureen stands on four curved, leaf-like feet that sprout upward and join together to form a pair of handles at either end of the vessel. The body of the tureen, composed of gentle undulating curves, is decorated with bright red and yellow flowers and leaves painted with overglaze enamel. A scallion, modeled in relief, rests bundled together with sprigs of parsley on top of the lid, introducing a playful trompe-l'oeil element. An onion forms the knob on the top of the lid.
- Subject Matter
- The elegant design and delicately painted decoration of this tureen would have introduced a note of casual refinement to the table of its original owners, who were probably a well-to-do French family. The trompe-l'oeil scallion lain seemingly nonchalantly across the lid and the bulbous vegetal knob resembling an onion give the piece a playful charm.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- earthenware
- european
- european styles and periods
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- pottery (object genre)
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 987 x 675
- File Size
- 45 KB
- Record
- 1969/2.41
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"Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob; Artist Unknown, France." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.41/1969_2.41.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.