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Toilet-pot and cover
Saint-Cloud porcelain factory - Enlarge image
Toilet-pot and cover
- Place of origin:
Seine et Oise (made)
- Date:
1725-1750 (made)
1762-1768 (mounted) - Artist/Maker:
Saint-Cloud porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain with relief decoration and silver mounts
- Credit Line:
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
- Museum number:
C.455B&C-1909
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 25, shelf 7 []
Physical description
White porcelain toilet pot with cover, decorated with relief decoration of prunus blossom in the style of Chinese porcelain of Dehua kilns in the province of Fujian. The silver mounts are beaded and chased.
Place of Origin
Seine et Oise (made)
Date
1725-1750 (made)
1762-1768 (mounted)
Artist/maker
Saint-Cloud porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with relief decoration and silver mounts
Dimensions
Height: 143 mm, Diameter: 90 mm
Object history note
One of a pair of toilet-pot with covers, C.455 to C-1909.
Descriptive line
Porcelain toilet-pot and cover from Saint-Cloud, Paris, 1725 - 1750 with French silver mounts 1762 - 1768.
Production Note
The French silver mounts were added at a later date.
Materials
Soft paste porcelain; Silver
Techniques
Relief; Glazed; Mounted
Subjects depicted
Prunus blossoms
Categories
Ph_survey; Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
