Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate (Assiette)

Mennecy Factory

Date

c. 1760–65

Medium

soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Culture

France, Mennecy, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

As European porcelain production advanced, factories borrowed designs and techniques from one another in order to remain competitive in the porcelain market. Paintings of one to two figures perched on a rock or small hill overlooking a pastoral landscape were regularly reproduced on tea services fabricated at the Mennecy porcelain factory. These compositions were likely inspired by similar landscapes painted on porcelain at the Vincennes factory. The hatched border of this plate was likely produced by engine-turning, a process by which clay is turned on a rotating tool to produce fluted, geometric, and diced patterns.

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