Covered Tureen with Stand
Vincennes/Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
Charles-Nicolas Dodin
(French, 1734–1803)
1756
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
DimensionsOverall (tureen with lid): 28.8 x 33.8 x 27 cm (11 5/16 x 13 5/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Other (stand): 6.1 x 45.3 x 36.7 cm (2 3/8 x 17 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Other (stand): 6.1 x 45.3 x 36.7 cm (2 3/8 x 17 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1885a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1757, probably sold by Sèvres factory to Lazare Duvaux (b. 1703? - d. 1758), Paris; 1758, probably sold by Duvaux to Louis XV and presented as a gift to King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723 - d. 1766) [see note 1]. Until 1910, Imperial Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg (inventory numbers r.4/707, r.4/707a, and r.4/708 in red enamel paint); 1910, transferred from the Winter Palace to the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg; 1933, deaccessioned by the Hermitage [see note 2]. 1948, I. Rosenbaum N. V., Amsterdam [see note 3]; January 6, 1948 sold by Rosenbaum to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; January 6, 1948, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Jeffrey H. Munger, "The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" (Boston, 1992), p. 167. [2] According to correspondence from Jan Vilensky of the State Hermitage Museum (June 9, 2004). The tureen and stand were once part of a service that was inventoried at the Winter Palace and transferred to the Hermitage, where a part of the service remains. [3] Jacob Rosenbaum founded the family art business in Frankfurt in the 19th century; his son Isaak opened a gallery in Amsterdam, and his nephew established Rosenberg and Stiebel in New York in 1939.
NOTES:
[1] Jeffrey H. Munger, "The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" (Boston, 1992), p. 167. [2] According to correspondence from Jan Vilensky of the State Hermitage Museum (June 9, 2004). The tureen and stand were once part of a service that was inventoried at the Winter Palace and transferred to the Hermitage, where a part of the service remains. [3] Jacob Rosenbaum founded the family art business in Frankfurt in the 19th century; his son Isaak opened a gallery in Amsterdam, and his nephew established Rosenberg and Stiebel in New York in 1939.
