Art Institute of Chicago

Tureen

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory

Date

c. 1725

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Culture

Vienna

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

This is one of a group of ten tureens of differing size said to have been made for a Prince de Rohan in about 1725. These tureens are among the first to have been made in silver or porcelain, as tureens did not become an essential element in table services until the next decade.

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