Boar's Head Tureen

Details

• Title

  Boar's Head Tureen

• Artist/maker

  possibly Joseph Willems (before 1720 - 1766) (modeller)

  Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1745 - 1784) (manufacturer)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › Kensington and Chelsea Borough (place of creation)

• Date

  1755 - 1760

• Material and technique

  frit paste porcelain, moulded and enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl › tureen

• Dimensions

  27 x 53.3 x 39 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  3

• Credit line

  Purchased (Bouch, Madan, Jones, Virtue-Tebbs Funds) with the assistance of the Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of the Ashmolean, Mr Martin Foley, Prof James Fenton, The Hon. Mrs Alexandra Williams, the Oxford Ceramics Group, and numerous private donations, 2007.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 40 | European Ceramics

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA2007.1

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