Hen and Chicks Tureen
Chelsea Porcelain Factory · c. 1755 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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The ceramic factory at Chelsea, located along the river Thames in western London, was Britain’s most renowned factory of decorative porcelain in the mid-1700s. Large tureens in the form of chickens or rabbits appealed to wealthy aristocrats, who took great care in developing specimen animal and poultry breeds on their country estates. The design for this particular tureen was taken from a popular seventeenth-century print by Francis Barlow depicting a farmyard. See cover record.
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- Maker
- Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84)
- Date
- c. 1755
- Medium
- porcelain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.8 x 34.9 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- England
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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