Potpourri Vase with Cover
Mennecy Factory (French)
manufacturer Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56)
c. 1750
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.2 x 15.9 x 10.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- France, Vincennes
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
The delicate flowers that cover the lid and base of this vase draw inspiration from the schneeballblüten, or guelder rose, pattern produced at the German Meissen porcelain factory. The flowers on the lid are spaced by small, unobtrusive perforations that allow the scent of the potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices placed inside this vase, to disperse.
