id:			142466
accession number:	1966.233
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Potpourri Vase with Cover, c. 1750. Mennecy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 17.2 x 15.9 x 10.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1966.233

title:				Potpourri Vase with Cover
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	France, Vincennes
technique:	soft-paste porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Mennecy Factory (French) 
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.
* Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56)  - manufacturer
The French National Manufacture of soft-paste porcelain was established at Vincennes in 1738 before it moved in 1756.
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measurements: Overall: 17.2 x 15.9 x 10.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chaffers, William, and H. M. Cundall. <em>The New Keramic Gallery</em>. London: Reeves and Turner, 1926.
	page number: 	p. 339
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	Freǵnac, Claude. <em>Les Porcelainiers du XVIIIe siècle franca̧is</em>. Paris: Hachette, 1964.
	page number: 	p. 132
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	Emerson, Julie, Paul Macapia, and Pamela Meidell. <em>The Collectors, Early European Ceramics and Silver</em>. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1982.
	page number: 	p. 46, no. 58
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	Dallot-Naudin, Yvonne, and Alain Jacob.<em> Porcelaines tendres françaises: Rouen, L. Poterat, St-Cloud, Mennecy, Chantilly, Bourg la Reine, Vincennes</em>. Paris: ABC Collection, 1983.
	page number: 	p. 103
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	Kevill-Davies, Sally. "18th-Century Porcelain Pot-Pourri Vases." <em>Antique Collecting</em> (June 1998).
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	Peyre, Jean-Gabriel. "Porcellane in 'gloria': La manifattura di Villeroy-Mennecy (1735-1777)." <em>CeramicAntica</em> (October 2000).
	page number: 	p. 17
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