Tureen with Sphinx-Head Handles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tureen mounted on pedestal, being attached by brass bolt and nut. Pedestal with triangular foot and circular shaft; bowl of tureen decorated with two sphinx-head handles. Cover crowned with laurel leaves and seeds. Polychrome decoration of flowers and leaves.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-33-2-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: tureen
label: Type
content: tureen
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b: overall): 35.5 × 36 × 25.5 cm (14 in. × 14 3/16 in. × 10 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: tureen): 24 × 25.5 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: lid): 15.3 × 26.5 cm (6 in. × 10 7/16 in.)