- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, glaze, with enamels in colors, and gilding
- Dimensions
- Tureen: 21 × 32.1 × 21 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Stand: 5.4 × 33 × 25.1 cm (2 1/8 × 13 × 9 7/8 in.)
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AboutThis tureen is from a service owned by Elias Morgan (1770–1812) of Connecticut. The Morgan set, displaying the coat of arms originally used by his Welsh ancestors, is one of the few armorial services made for the American market.