Pot à oille
Tureen and Cover
ca. 1720s (made)
ca. 1720s (made)
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The factory at Saint-Cloud was France's first commercially viable producer of porcelain. Initially it made only pottery, but in the early 1690s the factory perfected its recipe for soft-paste porcelain. The enterprise was supported by the king's brother, the Duc d'Orléans, who had a château nearby and visited regularly. Its earliest productions are characterised by a creamy-white body with delicate underglaze blue decoration, derived from cobalt. Shapes were often copied from silverware but Saint-Cloud was also pioneering in the development of overglaze enamel colours, of which this tureen, with its fanciful chinoiserie decoration is an excellent example.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Pot à oille |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with enamelled decoration |
| Brief description | Tureen and cover, porcelain with enamelled decoration, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1720-1730 |
| Physical description | Tureen and cover, porcelain with enamelled decoration. |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Object history | Paper label inscribed 'Appartenant à Mr Fitzhenry' |
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| Summary | The factory at Saint-Cloud was France's first commercially viable producer of porcelain. Initially it made only pottery, but in the early 1690s the factory perfected its recipe for soft-paste porcelain. The enterprise was supported by the king's brother, the Duc d'Orléans, who had a château nearby and visited regularly. Its earliest productions are characterised by a creamy-white body with delicate underglaze blue decoration, derived from cobalt. Shapes were often copied from silverware but Saint-Cloud was also pioneering in the development of overglaze enamel colours, of which this tureen, with its fanciful chinoiserie decoration is an excellent example. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.445&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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