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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

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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