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Hen and Chicks Tureen
Hen and Chicks Tureen
c. 1755
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Chelsea Porcelain Factory
(British)
Soft-paste porcelain
Overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.58
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Fun Fact
Although tureens with covers were meant to serve hot stews and soups, elaborate and expensive porcelain examples, such as this one, were probably only meant to impress since a hot liquid could easily cause it to shatter.
Description
The Chelsea porcelain factory, in what is now London, was England's most important ceramic factory in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to aristocrats with large country estates and have long been recognized as outstanding products of this factory. The tureen was recently united with a stand of the same design as one originally intended to accompany it.
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