The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Covered Jug (lid)

c. 1780

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manufacturer

Niderviller Factory

(French)

France, 18th century

Porcelain

Overall: 12.9 x 9.7 x 8.2 cm (5 1/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1983.65.b

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Cream jugs with lids or covers usually held warm cream for coffee or tea.

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed at lower right corner of trompe l'oeil print: Niderviller.

Niderviller Factory

Founded by Baron Jean-Louis de Beyerlé in 1754 near Sarrebourg in Lorraine with workmen from the Strasbourg factory, whose Rococo style it adopted.
Provenance
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exhibition history

CMA, 8 November 1983 - 3 June 1984: "Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts," no catalog.

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