An antique silver tureen is a large bowl with a lid, very often with a platter, used to serve soups or other liquid food. It commonly has a removable insert or alternatively is gilt inside and was accompanied by ladles and large serving forks. The origin of the tureen remains unclear; its placing on a richly serviced table was and is in any case very important for a wealthy dinner. The tureen became popular during the early eighteenth century. There is a variety of types; silver soup tureens, silver tureens for serving stew and many others.
Pair of silver George III covered tureens with liners with vase-shaped bodies raised on spreading bases. Their overall work suggests the design of or inspiration by the architect Sir William Chambers. Made in London 1774/5 by John Parker I and Eduard Wakelin....
Friedrich Franz was the son of Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725-1778) and Charlotte Sophie, Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (d.1810). He married Luise, Princess of Sachsen-Gotha-Roda (d. 1808) on 31 May 1775....
Silver, gilt: Oval cambered body on a retracted base with opposing leaf shells as handles. The wall with curved features between embossed and finely chased flower tendrils. The arched lid with corresponding decoration and a plastic knob made of cast fruits and pods....
Neoclassical silver soup tureen on stand, with a gilt-inside liner of great quality and monumental proportions. Made in Augsburg 1801 by Gustav Friedrich Gerich....
This silver, rococo, mid-sized, eighteenth-century tureen was made by Christian II. Drentwett, a member of a well-known, old family of goldsmiths in Augsburg....
Antique silver, German soup tureen from Wroclaw from the late 18th century. Made in the neoclassical style, by the master maker Tobias Meyer....