Cleveland Museum of Art
Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)
Saint Cloud Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-f5b91483b17b
- Date
- 1700–1720
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Culture
- France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 146749
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The cobalt blue and white decoration that borders the edges of the cup and saucer was one of the earliest types of decoration used at the Saint-Cloud porcelain factory. This type of cup and saucer pair may have been called a trembleuse (trembler) due to the raised ring around the well of the saucer that would have secured the cup in trembling hands. The Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory was the first successful European manufacturer of soft-paste porcelain, a slightly off-white product that attempted to emulate the prized hard-paste porcelain produced by China and Japan.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Everett R. Castle
- Provenance
- Mrs. Everett R. Castle, Cleveland, Ohio.
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