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Pair of Bottle Coolers (Seaux à rafraîchir)

c. 1730
(French)
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
Diameter: 11 x 11.5 cm (4 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.226
Location: 216A French and German
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These bottle coolers would have been used to cool glasses or small bottles.

Description

The Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory was known for its innovation in color. Shades of green and blue are used to paint the main decoration of these bottle coolers, a palette typical of the Chinese porcelain famille verte. The alternating red and gold outlines of the figures and objects is relatively rare and generally only seen on two shapes produced at Saint-Cloud, bottle coolers and cream pots.
Pair of Bottle Coolers (Seaux à rafraîchir)

Pair of Bottle Coolers (Seaux à rafraîchir)

c. 1730

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, Saint Cloud, 18th century

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