The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)
1700–1720
manufacturer
(French)
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
Did You Know?
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.- Mrs. Everett R. Castle, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Dawson, Aileen. A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum. London: British Museum Press, 1994. p. 9-10, no. 5, p. 23-24, no. 24Rondot, Bertrand. Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ca. 1690-1766. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. p. 114-15, nos. 1 & 2, p. 267
- Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
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