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Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)

1700–1720
(French)
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Overall: 7.5 x 7.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Everett R. Castle 1972.189
Location: not on view
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The Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory was the first successful European manufacturer of soft-paste porcelain, a slightly off-white product that attempted to emulate the prized hard-paste porcelain produced by China and Japan.

Description

The cobalt blue and white decoration that borders the edges of the cup and saucer was one of the earliest types of decoration used at the Saint-Cloud porcelain factory. This type of cup and saucer pair may have been called a trembleuse (trembler) due to the raised ring around the well of the saucer that would have secured the cup in trembling hands.
Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)

Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)

1700–1720

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century

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