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Source Description
This cylindrical caster with a removable pierced cover may have held sugar. It likely derives its form from silver casters manufactured pre-1700. Its all-white, molded, prunus branch decorations are characteristic of blanc de chine, the term used in France to reference the highly prized porcelain produced in the southeastern Fujian province of Dehua, China, known for its pure color and high degree of translucence.
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Document identity
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125207
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Caster (Saupoudreuse)
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125207
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title
Caster (Saupoudreuse)
description
This cylindrical caster with a removable pierced cover may have held sugar. It likely derives its form from silver casters manufactured pre-1700. Its all-white, molded, prunus branch decorations are characteristic of blanc de chine, the term used in France to reference the highly prized porcelain produced in the southeastern Fujian province of Dehua, China, known for its pure color and high degree of translucence.
date
c. 1732–38
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753500
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11810
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)
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France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
accession
1947.177
Source extras
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soft-paste porcelain, silver mount
tombstone
Caster (Saupoudreuse), c. 1732–38. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain, silver mount; overall: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.177
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
[Discharge mark of Hubert Louvet, 1732-1738 (Dog's head in profile), on both sections of silver mount]
didYouKnow
Prunus branches, which refer to flowering trees and shrubs including plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds, were a common motif in Chinese porcelain.
citations
citation
Foote, Helen S. "French Soft-Paste Porcelain." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 10 (December 1947): 249-250.
page_number
p. 249
citation
Foote, Helen S. "Soft-Paste Porcelain of France." <em>The Art Quarterly</em> 11 (Autumn 1948).
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p. 338, 342.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 300
citation
Lahaussois, Christine. <em>Porcelaines de Saint-Cloud</em>. Paris: Union centrale des arts décoratifs, 1997.
page_number
p. 69-72, 84-87
citation
Rondot, Bertrand. <em>Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ca. 1690-1766</em>. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.
page_number
p. 168-170, 270-271.
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:27:54.631000
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125207
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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soft-paste porcelain, silver mount
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gender unknown
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