Covered Soup Tureen

Paris, France

1784

  • Titles Covered Soup Tureen (Descriptive)
  • Medium silver
  • Dimensions 11 × 16 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (27.9 × 41.3 × 24.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection, 1991.440a-b
  • Work Type tureen
  • Classification Containers

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Covered urn of white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, on round foot with overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with acanthus leaf motifs, the main body divided into four reserves with decorative lattice work in between, each reserve with an applied white classical vignette, including Psyche bound by Cupids, Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Muses watering Pegasus, with a band of ivy leaves and ribbon just below the shoulder and with acanthus leaves around the neck and on the cover, with drop finial.
Cast-iron bracelet comprised of three small links of scrolls bound by beaded elements, the large central link pierced with palmettes, scrolls and foliage, in the middle a rosette mounted on a polished steel plate.
Cupid, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Bust in profile right.