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Boar's Head Tureen
Artist: Nicholas Sprimont (1716 - 1771), made by Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 1754-1757
Materials: soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: stand 53.5 x 39.1cm; overall length of boar's head 39cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £80,701 (Total: £237,565; tax remission)
Vendor: Private vendor
Review number: 5784 (2006)
Provenance:
The collection of porcelain, of which the tureen forms the centrepiece, is listed in a Cooke-Yarborough family inventory of 1871, where it is stated to be 'from Streetthorpe' (Streetthorpe Hall near Doncaster was built by George Cooke-Yarborough c.1770 but now largely destroyed); by descent to a private collection.
Description:
This lifelike and grotesque tureen in the form of a boar's head was made by Chelsea. It is one of only three complete examples of arguably the most ambitious and elaborate type of vessel ever made by the company, and is a spectacular example of English rococo tableware. It was the centrepiece of one of the greatest surviving collections of 18th-century English porcelain formed for a grand Yorkshire house.
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