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Pomade Jar (Pot à Pommade or Pot à Fard) Jar

This is a jar. It was manufactured by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1730 and we acquired it in 1977. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. John Jay Ide. It is credited The John Jay Ide Collection.

  • Miniature Vase Vase
  • soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
  • Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman.
  • 1992-5-23

Its dimensions are

H x diam. (pot): 9.2 x 8 cm (3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.) H x diam. (lid): 3.5 × 8.5 cm (1 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x diam. (overall): 11.5 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of jar: [1] "MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS" (the rest illegible) within round mark, printed in orange within round label with jagged edge [2] "Collection / A. Chevet", printed in black within round label with black border

It is signed

Not signed

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Pomade Jar (Pot à Pommade or Pot à Fard) Jar; Manufactured by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory (France); France; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam. (pot): 9.2 x 8 cm (3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.) H x diam. (lid): 3.5 × 8.5 cm (1 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x diam. (overall): 11.5 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.); The John Jay Ide Collection; 1977-52-16-a,b

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