Cleveland Museum of Art
Covered Broth Bowl and Stand (Écuelle ronde et plateau ovale)
Sèvres Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-b2a5e868c6d8
- Date
- 1772
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
- Culture
- France, Sèvres
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 153334
What the image shows
A decorative porcelain sugar bowl with a matching saucer featuring painted birds and foliage.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Birds were collected in all forms during the 18th century following an increased European interest in natural history. The birds on this bowl and stand were painted by François-Joseph Aloncle, one of the Sèvres porcelain factory’s principal bird painters. Small, two handled bowls like this one would hold broths or soups consumed by an individual during the toilette , a ritual of washing and dressing practiced by the 18th-century French elite. Two different colors of gold decorate these objects’ borders, exemplifying more complex forms of gilding introduced in the 1770s.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Katherine Holden Thayer
- Provenance
- R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland; Katharine Holden Thayer, Gates Mills, Ohio.
Part of a LinkedCulture topic
18th Century Porcelain FigurinesThese 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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