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Source Description
English potteries often courted aristocratic clients with cheaper wares that looked like more expensive works from the major centers of porcelain production in the eighteenth century, especially France, Germany, and China. In this case, the image printed in center of the plate depicts a young lady, enticing a boy with her skill at blowing soap bubbles through a thin pipe. The print was taken from an etching by Jean Daullé (French, 1703–1763), of the painting <em>La souffleuse de</em> <em>savon</em> (1758) by Francois Boucher (French, 1703–1770).
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Document identity
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125871
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Plate Depicting the Soap Bubble Blower (La souffleuse de savon)
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125871
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object
title
Plate Depicting the Soap Bubble Blower (La souffleuse de savon)
description
English potteries often courted aristocratic clients with cheaper wares that looked like more expensive works from the major centers of porcelain production in the eighteenth century, especially France, Germany, and China. In this case, the image printed in center of the plate depicts a young lady, enticing a boy with her skill at blowing soap bubbles through a thin pipe. The print was taken from an etching by Jean Daullé (French, 1703–1763), of the painting <em>La souffleuse de</em> <em>savon</em> (1758) by Francois Boucher (French, 1703–1770).
date
c. 1760–70
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746899
creators
29400
1888
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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England, Staffordshire, 18th century
accession
1948.118
Source extras
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salt-glazed, transfer-printed stoneware
tombstone
Plate Depicting the Soap Bubble Blower (La souffleuse de savon), c. 1760–70. Jean Daulle (French, 1703–1763), after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Salt-glazed, transfer-printed stoneware; diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1948.118
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
This plate depicts a young lady blowing soap bubbles next to a very interested young boy.
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "Salt-Glaze Plate, 'Blowing Soap Bubbles.'" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>35, no. 7 (September 1948): 162-163.
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Mentioned: p. 162; Reproduced: p. 165
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Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
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2026-05-29 06:30:44.134000
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125871
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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salt-glazed, transfer-printed stoneware
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male
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photo
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