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Tureen

Silver open tureen in the form of a shell supported by three hippocampi. Base supported on feet formed of turtles and coral. Sitting atop the shell basin is a figure of Neptune or Triton blowing a conch shell.
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  • Silver open tureen in the form of a shell supported by three hippocampi. Base supported on feet formed of turtles and coral. Sitting atop the shell basin is a figure of Neptune or Triton blowing a conch shell.

Date:

1824

Artist:

John Bridge
English, 1755–1834
Rundell, Bridge and Rundell
English, 1788–1843

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

John Bridge

Title

Tureen

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1824

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

Mark: "i", lion passant, King's head, "IB"

Dimensions

39.7 × 40.7 × 37.2 cm (15 5/8 × 16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1967.486

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