id:			380117
accession number:	2020.200
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.200
updated:		2022-08-03 09:01:37.148000

Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers, c. 1860–1880. France. Blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mounts; each: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.200

title:				Pair of Potpourri Vases with Covers
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creation date:			c. 1860–1880
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1885
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France
technique:	blanc-de-chine porcelain; gilt bronze mounts
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Each: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* No exhibition history.

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PROVENANCE

	Levesque Père & Fils, Paris, France
	date: by 1996
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	(Levesque Père & Fils, Paris, France, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 1996
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996–2020
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact: 
Potpourri vases always have holes in the top to let the scent of dried spices and flowers contained within freshen the air around them.

digital description: 
These vases were likely made by the celebrated Parisian ceramics firm of Edmé Samson (1810-91). To cater to the resurgence in taste for 18th-century designs, the Samson firm specialized in making reproductions of rare 18th-century European porcelains, especially those from firms that had already copied Chinese porcelains. In this case, these vases are designs taken from models produced by the St. Cloud factory in the 1750s after earlier Qing dynasty Chinese ceramics. However, the telltale sign that these vases are made by Samson and not St. Cloud is that the originals would have been made from a soft-paste porcelain (fired at a lower temperature), while these examples are made of hard-paste porcelain (fired at the highest temperature).

wall description: 
These vases were likely made by the celebrated Parisian ceramics firm of Edmé Samson (1810-91). To cater to the resurgence in taste for 18th-century designs, the Samson firm specialized in making reproductions of rare 18th-century European porcelains, especially those from firms which had already copied Chinese porcelains. In this case, these vases are designs taken from models produced by the St. Cloud factory in the 1750s after earlier Quing Dynasty Chinese ceramics. However, the tell-tale sign that these vases are made by Samson and not St. Cloud is that the originals would have been made from a soft-paste porcelain (fired at a lower temperature), while these examples are made of hard-paste porcelain (fired at the highest temperature).
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