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Pair of Covered Tureens on Stand (Paire de pots-à-oille)

1757–58
manufacturer

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

(French, est. 1756)
France, Sèvres
soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
John L. Severance Fund 1953.25
Location: 216A French and German

Did You Know?

Oille, which may come from the Spanish word for cooking pot, olla, refers to a Spanish stew of meat and vegetables popularized by Anne of Austria and Maria-Theresa, respective wives of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.

Description

A misconception influenced by 19th-century art historical texts, the pale pink that appears on Sèvres porcelain is commonly and incorrectly called rose Pompadour after Madame de Pompadour, official mistress of French King Louis XV. Though she was a great patron of the factory, this pale pink ground did not carry her name during its mid-18th-century production. Instead, factory records refer to this striking pink simply as rose.
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    Foote, Helen S. "A Pair of Soft-Paste Tureens and Platters." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40 (November 1953). p. 200-202
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 301 archive.org
    Hawley, Henry. "Vincennes-Sèvres Porcelain at the Cleveland Museum of Art." Antiques LXXXV (March 1964). p. 322-25
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 140 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. 140 archive.org
    Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 268
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 184 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: p. 63; Reproduced: p. 63, fig. 66 and color plate 66 after p. 54
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1991. p. 112
  • 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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