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A vase like this was created to contain potpourri, a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices emitting ambient fragrance. This specific function offered a particularly fertile ground for the development of French porcelain, as manufactories experimented with forms, surface ornamentations, and placement of perforations.

Credit: The Norweb Collection

mid 1700s
Soft-paste porcelain
15.0cm
1962.360.2.a
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023

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Figure of a Boy with a container for Flowers, c.1735-45
Figure of a Boy with a container for Flowers, c.1735-45
Knife, c.1725-50
Knife, c.1725-50
Jar and cover, c.1730
Jar and cover, c.1730
Figure of a hunting dog, probably a hound, c.1730-40
Figure of a hunting dog, probably a hound, c.1730-40