Pigeon Tureen

Applied Arts of Europe

c. 1755

Strasbourg Pottery Manufactory (French, 1721–1781)
Design attributed to Johann Wilhelm Lanz (German, mid-18th century)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Strasbourg Pottery and Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
Title: Pigeon Tureen
Place: Strasbourg (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1750–1760
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (faience)
Inscriptions: Mark: "PH" above "L" in blue on underside of tureen; "i" in blue on underside of cover
Dimensions: 25.1 × 32.8 × 14.5 cm (9 7/8 × 12 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund
Reference Number: 1978.309a-b
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Similar examples are illusted by Chopret, “REPERTOIRE DE LA FAIENCE FRANCAISE”, pl. 25a and b; Haug, “LES FAIENCES ET PORCELAINES DE STRASBOURG”, pl.XXIc; Haug, “STRASSBURGER FAYENCE”, fig. 22.
Sotherby’s Fribourg collection 15.10.63 lot 383 and Sotheby Zurich, 6.4.73 lot 79.
Publication: “The Art Institute Annual Report 1978-79”, p.53, reproduced (cock only).

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