Porcelain lobed tureen and a stand with raised branch handles and finial terminating in applied flowers and leaves. Blue scale ground decorated with exotic birds in bright colors.
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Tureen and Stand

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Worcester, England, founded 1751)

c. 1770

Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue, polychrome enamels and gilding
Classification
Ceramics
Dimensions
Stand: 3.9 × 21.3 × 16.6 cm (1 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Tureen: 12.4 × 17.2 × 11.8 cm (4 7/8 × 6 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Culture
Worcester
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
Credit line
Gift of Eugene D. Buchanan
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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