Tureen in the Form of a Hen, ca. 1734

  • Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706-1775
  • Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710

Hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

  • Overall: 7 7/8 × 8 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (20 × 22.5 × 15.9 cm)

Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head

F1985.82.2A

Baroness Mathilde von Rothschild

Darr, Alan Phipps, "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts," Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 62, no. 3, Annual Report 1986, pp. 22-24

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; after a model by Johann Joachim Kändler, Tureen in the Form of a Hen, ca. 1734, hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head, F1985.82.2A.