The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Medici Vase

c. 1760–1765

made by

Mennecy Factory

(French)

France, Mennecy, 18th century

Soft-paste porcelain

Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1964.508

Location

not on view

Mennecy Factory

Founded in Paris in 1734, it was transferred to Mennecy in 1748 and to Bourg-la-Reine in 1773. After 1753 it was much restricted by laws imposed to protect the Vincennes factory. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
Provenance
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exhibition history

Exhib.: CMA 1965: "Year in Review 1965." Bull., LII (Nov. 1965)

Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

Geometric Forms in Art. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-May 12, 1972).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.508