#Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TwoForTuesday:

Rabbit Tureens, c.1755

Chelsea Porcelain Factory, London, England

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel-painted decoration

On display at Winterthur’s Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens 96.4.2,3

“Figures of rabbits and hares were popular ceramic ornaments, but tureens in the form of life-size rabbits appear to be peculiar to the Chelsea factory.”

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TurtleTuesday🐢:

Tureen in the form of a sea turtle

probably Birmingham, England, c.1830

Fused silver plate, L 16½ in (419 mm) x W 17¼ in (235 mm) x H 9¾ in (248 mm)

On display at Winterthur’s Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens 96.4.54

“One of four presently known, this tureen's form demonstrates the popularity of green turtle soup, although by no means were the contents of the tureen restricted. The use of silver plate for such a grandiose form is unusual; most metal tureens were made of silver.”

[arthistoryanimalia]

Tureen in the form of a frog, USA, 1986

Earthenware & lead glaze, H 10 x L 15.5 x W 10.75 in.

Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur 96.4.94

“This tureen typifies the sense of fun brought to ceramics by artist-craftworkers in the twentieth century.

The pink tongue that looks ready to shoot out to trap an insect is actually the handle of the ladle that rests inside the body.”

[arthistoryanimalia]

Water buffalo or ox-head tureen

Made in China for the European market c.1750-60

Porcelain (hard-paste) & Lime (alkaline) glaze

H 39 x L 37.5 x W 35.7 cm

Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur Museum 96.4.234

“Large soup tureens in naturalistic forms such as animals and vegetables were a fashionable expression of rococo taste in eighteenth-century Europe.”