Soup tureen with boar's head finial and two handled stand. Painted with Turkish battle and camp scenes after Augsburg prints. Vertical panels of gold scroll work alternating with panels of cavalry engagements. Center reserve on stand of mounted Turk in combat with mounted European, bordered by...
Marks
Tureen: crossed swords in underglaze blue (faint); impressed 23 or 25. Stand: crossed swords in underglaze blue; impressed 27.
Provenance
Alfred Horstmann (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Berlin [see note 1]. 1945, Erna Stiebel, New York; October 18, 1945, sold by Mrs. Stiebel to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; October 18, 1945, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1879 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965) NOTES: [1] According to the receipt from Rosenberg and Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes (October 18, 1945).
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
German, about 1745
- Made at Meissen Manufactory, Germany
Object Place
Meissen, Germany
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 39.5 x 30.2 cm (10 1/4 x 15 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.) Other (Tureen): 26 x 32.5 x 23.2 cm (10 1/4 x 12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.) Other (Stand): 9.5 x 39.5 x 30.2 cm (3 3/4 x 15 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
65.2072a-c
Medium or Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration