Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers
c. 1740–60
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French)
Decorative Art and Design
Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers, c. 1740–60. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1962.360 These vases were created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance. This specific function offered a particularly fertile ground for the development of French porcelain, as manufactories experimented with forms, surface ornamentations, and placement of perforations. Potpourri vases always have holes in the top to let the scent of dried spices and flowers contained within freshen the air around them.
- Maker/Artist
- Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- soft-paste porcelain
- Medium
- soft-paste, porcelain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1962.360
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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