Cup and Saucer (tasse et soucoupe)
Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory
1700–1720
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 7.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
About
The cobalt blue and white decoration that borders the edges of the cup and saucer was one of the earliest types of decoration used at the Saint-Cloud porcelain factory. This type of cup and saucer pair may have been called a trembleuse (trembler) due to the raised ring around the well of the saucer that would have secured the cup in trembling hands.
