Collection Online as of March 20, 2023
Tea Cup
Part of a set. See all set records
Soft-paste porcelain
Overall: 5.3 x 7.4 cm (2 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.228.3
Location
not on view
Description
The pieces composing this individual tea set are entirely typical of Chantilly soft-paste porcelain in the Kakiemon style. Both the form and decoration of these pieces were inspired by Japanese prototypes. The use of knobs in the form of trumpet-shaped blossoms is characteristic of Chantilly wares.
Chantilly Porcelain Factory
Founded in c. 1730 under the patronage of Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, an impassioned collector of Japanese Arita porcelain, and managed by Ciquaire Cirou until his death in 1751. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.