The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Basin

c. 1770
manufacturer

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, Chantilly, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain
Overall: 33 x 26.1 cm (13 x 10 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1953.277.b
Location: Not on view

Description

On the basis of the style of its decoration, particularly the symbolic trophies of love derived from the repertoire of classic ornament, this ewer and basin can be dated c. 1770. At this period, the output of the Chantilly factory was largely restricted to comparatively utilitarian table wares; pieces such as these are quite rare.
  • (Cesar de Hauke, Paris).
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 69, no. 73
  • 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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