Large, boat-shaped tureen hand-built of porcelain and glazed and decorated in a variety of colors, including purple, light blue, turquoise, and orange, and patterns like cross-hatching, dots and geometric shapes, the interior likewise glazed in shades of purple, turquoise blue and orange with a dotted star-like motif in the center, with a pair of conforming spoons.

Tureen and Two Spoons

Dorothy Hafner

1984

Titles Tureen and Two Spoons (Descriptive)
Artist Dorothy Hafner, American, born 1952
Medium hand-built porcelain, glazed
Dimensions tureen: 11 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (29.2 × 27.3 × 21.6 cm) spoons, each: 9 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (24.1 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Ellen and Fred Elsas, AFI.1.2022.1-.2a-b
Work Type tureen and spoons
Classification Containers