Pigeon Tureen and Cover
Strasbourg Manufactory
(France, working 1720–1781)
Johann Wilhelm Lanz
(German, active in France, 1748–1761)
about 1748
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware, colored enamels
DimensionsHeight: 33 cm (13 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.913.2a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceClemens August (b. 1700 - d. 1761), Elector Archbishop of Cologne (?) [see note]. Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTE: According to Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain and Faience as collected by Kiyi and Edward Pflueger (London, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 108-109.
NOTE: According to Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain and Faience as collected by Kiyi and Edward Pflueger (London, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 108-109.
One of Pair/One of Pair