Stand for a Covered Tureen

Description

See entry for cover record 1977.182.

Provenance

Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston, 1740-1773; Elizabeth Chudleigh, sometime Duchess of Kingston, 1773-1788; Prince Alexander Bezborodko, 1788-1799 (?); Count Elie Bezborodko, 1799-1815 (?); Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, 1815-1855 (?); A. A. Polovtsoff; his heirs, sold Paris, 1909; (Jacques Seligmann); J. P. Morgan, 1909-?; (Charles and Richard Comyns, London, 1925-1926); anonymous owner(s) until 1977; (Peter Zervudachi, Galerie du Lac, Vevey, Switzerland).

Stand for a Covered Tureen

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

1735–38

Accession Number

1977.182.c

Medium

silver

Dimensions

Overall: 8.9 x 45.8 x 38.1 cm (3 1/2 x 18 1/16 x 15 in.)

Classification

Silver

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund