Ewer and Basin Pair (c. 1770): Art, History and Details

Ewer and Basin Pair (c. 1770) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

On the basis of the style of its decoration, particularly the symbolic trophies of love derived from the repertoire of classic ornament, this ewer and basin can be dated c. 1770. At this period, the output of the Chantilly factory was largely restricted to comparatively utilitarian table wares; pieces such as these are quite rare.

Object facts

• Title: Ewer and Basin Pair
• Date: c. 1770
• Creator attribution: Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French)
• Culture: France, Chantilly
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: soft-paste porcelain
• Dimensions: Overall: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1953.277

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.

View the collection record

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