An 18th Century St. Cloud Porcelain Blanc de Chine Inspired Rafraichissoir.
A small 18th century St. Cloud porcelain Blanc de Chine inspired Rafraichissoir (cooler) c.1720-1740. This moulded cooler has a gadrooned lower section an rim. The central register is in the chinoiserie style with a scholar’s rock and flowers. The mask handles, presumably based on Chinese Blanc de Chine are grotesques with comically grimacing open mouths.
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- Condition
- In good condition, there is a feint crack around the edge of one mask and a very shallow thin flake type chip under the gadrooned rim.
- Size
- Height : 12.5 cm (5 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 24739
- References
- For very similar 18th century St.Cloud Rafraichissor see : Porcelaines de Saint-Cloud, Le Collection Du Musee des Arts Decoratives (Christine Lahaussois, Reunion des Musees National,1997) page 75, plates94 and 95.
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