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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
England, 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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