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Saucer (Soucoupe)

1753–54

manufacturer

Vincennes Porcelain Factory

(France, 1740–56)

decorated by

probably by Jean Jacques Siou

(French)

France, Vincennes

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Diameter: 4.7 x 19.4 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.188

Location

216A French and German

Vincennes Porcelain Factory

The French National Manufacture of soft-paste porcelain was established at Vincennes in 1738 before it moved in 1756.
Provenance
Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1954.
Citations
Hawley, Henry. "European Porcelain: The Millikin Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 1 (1993): 3-35. Reproduced: back cover, p. 27; Mentioned: p. 27-28, fig. 20 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.188