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Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille)

1735–38
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(French, 1695–1750)
(French)
(French, 1745)
France, Paris
silver
Overall: 36.9 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.); Average: 35 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Weight: 18 lb. 8 oz., antennae: .5 oz.
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1977.182
Location: 216A French and German
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The langoustine, pigeon, and vegetables were cast using real examples giving the silver copies lifelike detail and appearance.

Description

Designed by one of Louis XV’s official architects, this tureen exemplifies the French rococo style, an artistic movement celebrating naturalistic forms that developed in Paris during the early 1700s. In contrast to classical, controlled symmetry, rococo forms morph, twist, and spill into the space around them. Meissonnier embellished this tureen in a picturesque arrangement of vegetables and creatures, transforming a utilitarian object into a decadent display of wealth and abundance. This masterpiece comes from a set of two tureens commissioned by the English Duke of Kingston during an extended stay in Paris in the 1730s.
Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille)

Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille)

1735–38

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Pierre-François Bonnestrenne, Henry Adnet

(French, 1695–1750), (French), (French, 1745)
France, Paris

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