A RARE BOAR'S HEAD SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER

CIRCA 1780

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A RARE BOAR'S HEAD SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER
Circa 1780
Modelled looking up with open jaws revealing sharp teeth and a pink tongue, his snout and two knobs at the top of his head glazed peach and his pupils in a glossy black, his fur markings in a deep grisaille tone with a white patch between his eyes and a deep iron-red collar around his neck
6in. (17.1cm.) long

Provenance

With Elinor Gordon
The Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund
Western Reserve Historical Society

Lot Essay

Boar's head soup tureens, magnificent centerpieces for the 18th century dining table, were first made in European faience, after the earlier tradition of presenting diners with the actual animal's head. Few have survived today, and even fewer in sauce tureen form.

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