The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Vase

c. 1695–1700

attributed to Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, St. Cloud, late 17th-early 18th Century
Molded soft-paste porcelain with blue underglaze
Overall: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.63
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This vase may have been part of a garniture, a decorative set of matching porcelain intended to be displayed together.

Description

This vase’s decoration demonstrates the converging influence of Chinese and Italian art on French porcelain manufacture. Early production at the Saint-Cloud factory was inspired by blue and white Chinese porcelain. Books of grotesque designs popular during the Italian Renaissance and published by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau provided models for this vase’s ornament including its interlacing garlands, swans, and snakes.
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    Foote, Helen S. "Soft-Paste Porcelain of France." The Art Quarterly XI (Autumn 1948). p. 338, 341; fig. 3
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 119 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 119 archive.org
    Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan, vol. 1. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 264; no. 818
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 175 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 58, fig. 60
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. p. 58; no. 60
    Meister, Peter Wilhelm, and Horst Reber. European Porcelain of the 18th Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983. p. 88; pl. 105
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1991. p. 100
    Le Corbeiller, Clare. "Reflections of Court Taste in Early Saint-Cloud Porcelain." Versailles: French Court Style and Its Influence, edited by Howard Collinson. Toronto: University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, 1992. p. 107; fig. 24, 25
    Rondot, Bertrand. Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ca. 1690-1766. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. p. 128 (repr.) - 129, no. 19
  • Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
    Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, 1690-1766. Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York, NY (organizer) (July 14-October 24, 1999).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
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