Collection Online as of March 27, 2023

Bottle Cooler

c. 1725– 1735

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manufacturer

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

(French)

France, Saint Cloud, 18th century

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Diameter: 11 x 11.5 cm (4 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.226.1

Location

216A French and German

Description

The form of these cachepots is entirely typical of Saint-Cloud porcelain of about 1725. Their decoration, based upon Chinese porcelains of the so-called "famille-verte" type, is most unusual. Polychromed enamels were not often employed on Saint-Cloud porcelains, and figural scenes are very rare.

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

Established c. 1690s

Provenance

formerly in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 134 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 134 archive.org

Exhibition history

Cathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (June 10-July 31, 1966).