Cup
ca. 1695-1710 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This beaker was possibly intended for drinking chocolate, an expensive, fashionable and relatively new beverage imported from the New World and the Caribbean. It was made at the Saint-Cloud factory, near Paris, one of the earliest European factories to make soft-paste porcelain. Saint-Cloud aimed to provide oriental-style wares for the wealthy home market. The underglaze blue decoration has only a passing resemblance to oriental decoration however, as the factory's painters copied designs by the important French decorative artist, Jacques André du Cerceau.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Beaker of soft-paste porcelain decorated in underglaze blue with vases of flowers, made by the Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, ca. 1695-1710. |
| Physical description | Beaker decorated in underglaze blue with a geometric pattern of alternate tall and shorter flowers in vases on stands; border decoration at top and base. |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Rouen; reattributed to Saint-Cloud 2002. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This beaker was possibly intended for drinking chocolate, an expensive, fashionable and relatively new beverage imported from the New World and the Caribbean. It was made at the Saint-Cloud factory, near Paris, one of the earliest European factories to make soft-paste porcelain. Saint-Cloud aimed to provide oriental-style wares for the wealthy home market. The underglaze blue decoration has only a passing resemblance to oriental decoration however, as the factory's painters copied designs by the important French decorative artist, Jacques André du Cerceau. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.497&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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