id: 137122 accession number: 1961.9 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.9 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:51.288000 Covered Bowl (Écuelle), c. 1755. Mennecy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 9.9 x 13.1 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1961.9 title: Covered Bowl (Écuelle) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1755 creation date earliest: 1745 creation date latest: 1765 current location: creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: France, Mennecy, 18th century technique: soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Mennecy Factory (French) - maker Founded in Paris in 1734, it was transferred to Mennecy in 1748 and to Bourg-la-Reine in 1773. After 1753 it was much restricted by laws imposed to protect the Vincennes factory. Only soft-paste porcelain was made. * Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French) - manufacturer Duc de Villeroy was the sponsor of this factory. Established c. 1749 --- measurements: Overall: 9.9 x 13.1 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [Incised]: "D,V" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hawley, Henry. "Ceramics of the Rococo Age." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48 (March 1961). page number: p. 53-54; fig. 4 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.9/1961.9_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.9/1961.9_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.9/1961.9_full.tif