The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Clochettes (Bells) and Mauves Jar
1931
designer
(French, 1873–1939)
decorator
(French, active 1922–36)
maker
(French, est. 1756)
Diameter: 37.8 cm (14 7/8 in.); Overall: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.196.a
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Despite its removable cover and form in the shape of a storage jar, this work was designed to be purely decorative and not functional at all.Description
In addition to a variety of useful wares for the table, the Sèvres factory continued to produce artistic works for its many wealthy clients using abstracted patterns and a colorful palette.- Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 83, p. 55
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.196.a