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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Plate (Assiette à cordonnet)
c. 1752
porcelain manufactured at
(French, est. 1756)
Diameter: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1962.358
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Madame de Pompadour, official mistress of French King Louis XV, bought 36 plates with this form and type of decoration on May 23, 1753, attesting to its popularity among French royals.Description
The paintings and designs of François Boucher were reproduced regularly at the Vincennes Porcelain Factory. This image of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry, depicted on this plate in the form of a winged cupid, was likely inspired by Boucher’s models. Representations of children in monochromatic color schemes, as seen here, were known in France as enfants camïeux and popularly decorated 18th-century French porcelain.- R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
- "Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50 (December 1963). p. 291, no. 29, ill. p. 274
- Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).CMA 1963: "Year in Review, " cat.
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