Potpourri Vase
mid 1700s
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French)
Decorative Art and Design
Potpourri Vase, mid 1700s. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1962.360.2.a A vase like this was 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. Prior to Saint-Cloud's development of soft-paste porcelain in the 1690s, rumors spread throughout Europe that the prized material was made by burying a variety of materials, including lobster shells, in the ground for 80 years.
- 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
- 1962.360.2.a
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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