Cleveland Museum of Art

Covered Tureen (Terrine ancienne or Terrine ordinaire)

Louis-Denis Armand

Date

c. 1752

Medium

soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Culture

France, Vincennes

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The intricately painted birds that decorate this tureen are the work of Louis-Denis Armand. Armand was known for his depictions of birds and landscapes, a specialty that may have come from his work as a painter of lacquered furniture with similar compositions. This tureen was likely designed by master goldsmith Jean-Claude Duplessis who began working as an artistic director at the Vincennes Porcelain Factory in 1748. This object was manufactured in soft-paste porcelain, a material used by many European porcelain factories before they were able to emulate the hard-paste porcelain of China and Japan.

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