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Covered Tureen (Terrine ancienne or Terrine ordinaire)

c. 1752
painter

attributed to Louis-Denis Armand

(French, active c. 1745–1783)
maker

Vincennes Porcelain Factory

(France, 1740–56)

probably by Jean-Claude Duplessis le Père

(French, 1690–1774)
France, Vincennes
soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
Overall: 25.8 x 38.5 cm (10 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Container: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1952.3
Location: 216A French and German

Did You Know?

This object was manufactured in soft-paste porcelain, a material used by many European porcelain factories before they were able to emulate the hard-paste porcelain of China and Japan.

Description

The intricately painted birds that decorate this tureen are the work of Louis-Denis Armand. Armand was known for his depictions of birds and landscapes, a specialty that may have come from his work as a painter of lacquered furniture with similar compositions. This tureen was likely designed by master goldsmith Jean-Claude Duplessis who began working as an artistic director at the Vincennes Porcelain Factory in 1748.
  • 1952
    (Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1952–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Foote, Helen S. "Vincennes and Meissen Porcelain." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39 (June 1952). p. 124-27
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 299 archive.org
    Hawley, Henry. "Vincennes-Sèvres Porcelain at the Cleveland Museum of Art." Antiques LXXXV (March 1964). p. 322-25
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 139 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 139 archive.org
    Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 278
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Adele Zeidman Silver. Guide to the Galleries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971. n.p.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 182 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Adele Z. Silver. Guide to the Galleries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. p. 70-71
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 61, fig. 64
  • The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
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