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A Sèvres soup tureen and tray. Sèvres porcelain, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia Silver-gilt tureen, Paris, 1769–70 An Émile Gallé (1846–1904) tureen A tureen is a serving dish for foods such as soups or stews, often shaped as a broad, deep, oval vessel with fixed handles and a low domed cover with a knob or handle.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art possesses in its collection a gilt-silver tureen from the Napoleonic era.Designed by Charles Percier, Pierre François Léonard Fontaine and made by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, the tureen was given to Napoleon I by his sister Pauline and her husband, Prince Camillo Borghese.
Tureens were generally oval shaped pots with four - legged stands that sat on platters. The handle on the tureen lid often indicated the garnish for the meat inside. For example, a lemon or orange atop the lid of the tureen would indicate a citrus fruit garnish on the meat inside, while a leek or brussel sprout would indicate a vegetable stew ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art has an early 19th century Chinese export porcelain tureen in its collection. The porcelain tureen was produced in Qing dynasty china for export to the United States as part of the Old China Trade; as such, the work features both Chinese depictions of leaves, greenery and an eagle (a symbol of the United States) bearing a shield, olive branch, and arrows. [1]
Part of the Möllendorff Dinner Service, about 1762 designed by Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia (1712-1786) V&A Museum no. C.238-1921:Soup tureen from the Mollendorff service, c. 1751 The Möllendorff Dinner Service of Meissen porcelain was designed in about 1762 by Frederick II the Great , King of Prussia (1712–86), in collaboration ...
Surviving plate from the Swan Service, ca. 1738 Detail of a tureen stand, with the swan motif Stand for a tureen, c. 1737–41. A service on such a scale and with such lavish sculptural elements was unprecedented; a later large Meissen service, the Möllendorff Dinner Service of the 1760s had under 1,000 pieces.
Maison Odiot, in English "House of Odiot", was established in 1690, during the reign of Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot, considered a fine silversmith.. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte gave Jean-Baptiste Claude, grandson of Jean-Baptiste Gaspard, many prestigious commissions for himself and his family, such as the sacred scepter and sword and the King of Rome's cradle.
Because Homemaker was produced in very large quantities over a long period of time, few pieces are rare. The range is, however, highly collectable. A few pieces are scarce and have higher values, such as the Bon Bon Dish and the Cadenza Teapot [1] [page needed] which may be the rarest item in the range.