Potpourri Vase
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory · mid 1700s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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A vase like this was created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance. This specific function offered a particularly fertile ground for the development of French porcelain, as manufactories experimented with forms, surface ornamentations, and placement of perforations. Prior to Saint-Cloud's development of soft-paste porcelain in the 1690s, rumors spread throughout Europe that the prized material was made by burying a variety of materials, including lobster shells, in the ground for 80 years.
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- Maker
- Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French)
- Date
- mid 1700s
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- The Norweb Collection
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
