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Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot à oille)

1797–98

Part of a set. See all set records

fabricated by

Henry Auguste

(French, 1759–1816)

France, late 18th-early 19th Century

Silver

Overall: 26.2 x 29.1 cm (10 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.); Average: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.)

Gift of James Hazen Hyde 1952.592

Location

202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts

Inscriptions

Inscription

[Coat-of-arms of Amoral don Federico Carlos Gravina on bowl; cover; stand]

Inscription

[Assay mark for large-sized work, 1798-1809, lining exterior; tureen foot exterior]

Inscription

[Assay mark for medium-sized work, 1798-1809, beneath stand foot; on edge of cover]

Inscription

[Maker's mark of Henri Auguste, master silversmith in 1785, beneath tureen foot; beneath stand foot; inside stand foot edge]

Inscription

[Official assay mark for first standard silver, Paris, 1798-1809, beneath stand foot; lining exterior; on cover]

Inscription

[Official mark for silver imported from countries with customs conventions, 1838-1912, beneath stand foot; edge of cover; tureen lip exterior; lining exterior; on one tureen handle; outside stand foot; tureen foot exterior]

Inscription

[Unknown mark, possibly Ceres' profile in square with "E" and "7", beneath stand foot; on cover; rim of lining; tureen foot exterior; tureen lip exterior]

Inscription

[Unofficial assay mark for first standard silver, Paris, 1794-1797, beneath foot stand; beneath tureen foot; near tureen handle exterior]

Henry Auguste

Master 1785

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 159 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 159 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 191 archive.org

Exhibition history

Exposition d'orfévrerie française civile du XVIe siècle au debut du XIXe. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (April - May 1926).

The Taste of Napoleon. Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum of of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri (October - November 1969).

All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).