Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers

Saint Cloud Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-f5b91483b17b

Date
c. 1740–60
Medium
soft-paste porcelain
Culture
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
138445

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Two white ceramic baskets filled with flowers on ornate bases.

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As beautifully designed objects, the function of these vases is not immediately apparent. Created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance, their covers are decorated with delicate flowers spaced by small, unobtrusive perforations. The decoration continues onto the body of the container where intricate ribbing emulates a basket weave. The holes in the base of these vases may have held gilt-bronze flowering stems.

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Credit line
The Norweb Collection

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th Century Porcelain Figurines
    18th Century Porcelain Figurines

    These objects are decorative ceramic figures and figure groups made from soft-paste or hard-paste porcelain during the 18th century, produced by major European porcelain factories including Meissen, Sèvres, Derby, Chelse

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