Toilet Box and Cover
ca. 1695-ca. 1710 (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 and shapes were often copied from silverware. This box is one of the V&A's earliest pieces of French porcelain.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Porcelain box and cover, formal ornament in underglaze blue, probably Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, ca. 1695-ca. 1710 |
| Physical description | Round porcelain box with simple cover sitting flush to the top; decorated in underglaze blue with formal ornament, border of plain bands. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Rouen; reattributed to Saint-Cloud 2002 |
| 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 and shapes were often copied from silverware. This box is one of the V&A's earliest pieces of French porcelain. |
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| Accession number | C.476&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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