Pair of covered tureens

Pair of covered tureens

Vienna

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These tureens belonged to a service that appears to have consisted solely of tureens of three different models. While clearly not a service in the conventional sense, this group of tureens is one of the earliest assemblages of porcelains with matching decoration intended to be used together. The tureens are traditionally believed to have been made for one of the princes of Rohan.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.