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Caster (Saupoudreuse)

Saint Cloud Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-f5b91483b17b

Date: c. 1732–38
Medium: soft-paste porcelain, silver mount
Culture: France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 125207

This cylindrical caster with a removable pierced cover may have held sugar. It likely derives its form from silver casters manufactured pre-1700. Its all-white, molded, prunus branch decorations are characteristic of blanc de chine, the term used in France to reference the highly prized porcelain produced in the southeastern Fujian province of Dehua, China, known for its pure color and high degree of translucence. Prunus branches, which refer to flowering trees and shrubs including plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds, were a common motif in Chinese porcelain.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).

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