Tureen and Stand Manufacturer: Villeroy and Boch (German, founded 1748)

ca. 1870

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium

Stoneware with blue glaze and silver luster

Dimensions

15 × 28 in. (38.1 × 71.12 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Melville Fuller Riley, Jr.

Accession Number

2003.46.1a-c

Geography

Made in Mettlach, Germany

Culture

German

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
According to a handwritten inscription on the back of a photograph date-stamped October 20, 1939, "Picture of the old Punch Bowl in which I was christened by the Rev. J.D. Lee -- in Little Rock Ark at his home 807 R. 9th St. Mr Lee was an English man who married my Father's cousin Ada Cochran (Bull). C.H.R."
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions 2003," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): 130.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware

Marks

Molded applique to underside of stand bears the number 375 within a rectangle with canted corners surrounded by scroll work; monogram "VB" incised within scrollwork.

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