Tureen and Stand

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Applied Arts of Europe

c. 1750

Pont-aux-Choux Manufactory
French, founded 1743
France, Paris

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Pont-Aux-Choux Factory (Manufacturer)
Title: Tureen and Stand
Place: Paris (Object made in)
Date: Made 1750
Medium: Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: 33 × 58.4 × 42.5 cm (13 × 23 × 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Reference Number: 1951.277
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John Keefe, Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), p. 139, no. 205 (ill.).
Ian Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), pp. 78, 80 (ill.).

AIC, “John Henry Belter and The Rococo Revival”, 11/15/1980-1/4/1981
AIC, “Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1/24/1976- 3/28/1976

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