About the Artwork
During the eighteenth century, tureens ceased to be mere vessels for the service of soup, stew, or sauce and became masterpieces of sculpture and trompe-l'oeil. Ceramic factories often modeled tureens in the form of game birds, ranging from a small partridge three inches wide to this life-size turkey. These clever table wares epitomized the eighteenth century's love of nature and novelty.
Tureen in the Form of a Turkey
ca. 1755
Strasbourg Hannong Factory
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French
Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration
Overall: 18 3/4 × 17 × 16 inches (47.6 × 43.2 × 40.6 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Mrs. Edsel B. Ford Fund
65.25
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Arenberg family (Schloss Clemenswerth, Germany)
Thomas Grange
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA)
1965-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wechsler, S. Low-fire Ceramics. New York, 1981, p. 33.
"Family Art Game," DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1978, p. 25 (ill.).
DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 129.
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Strasbourg Hannong Factory, Tureen in the Form of a Turkey, ca. 1755, tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mrs. Edsel B. Ford Fund, 65.25.
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