Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot à oille)

1797–1798

Henry Auguste

Henry Auguste (French, 1759–1816)

Decorative Art and Design

Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot à oille), 1797–1798. Henry Auguste (French, 1759–1816). Silver; overall: 26.2 x 29.1 cm (10 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.); average: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James Hazen Hyde 1952.592

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Auguste, Henry
Classification: Silver
Formatted Medium: silver
Medium: silver
Dimensions: Overall: 26.2 x 29.1 cm (10 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.); Average: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: [Coat-of-arms of Amoral don Federico Carlos Gravina on bowl; cover; stand] Inscription: [Assay mark for large-sized work, 1798-1809, lining exterior; tureen foot exterior] Inscription: [Assay mark for medium-sized work, 1798-1809, beneath stand foot; on edge of cover] Inscription: [Maker's mark of Henri Auguste, master silversmith in 1785, beneath tureen foot; beneath stand foot; inside stand foot edge] Inscription: [Official assay mark for first standard silver, Paris, 1798-1809, beneath stand foot; lining exterior; on cover] Inscription: [Official mark for silver imported from countries with customs conventions, 1838-1912, beneath stand foot; edge of cover; tureen lip exterior; lining exterior; on one tureen handle; outside stand foot; tureen foot exterior] Inscription: [Unknown mark, possibly Ceres' profile in square with "E" and "7", beneath stand foot; on cover; rim of lining; tureen foot exterior; tureen lip exterior] Inscription: [Unofficial assay mark for first standard silver, Paris, 1794-1797, beneath foot stand; beneath tureen foot; near tureen handle exterior]
Departments: Decorative Art and Design
Accession Number: 1952.592
Credit Line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Exhibitions: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection, <em>Exposition d'orfévrerie française civile du XVIe siècle au debut du XIXe</em>. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (April - May 1926)., <em>The Taste of Napoleon</em>. Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum of of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri (October - November 1969).
Rights Statement: CC0
Museum Location: 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts