Potpourri Vase with Cover
Cleveland Museum of Art

Potpourri Vase with Cover

Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French) · c. 1740–60

soft-paste porcelain
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Prior to Saint-Cloud's development of soft-paste porcelain in the 1690s, rumors spread throughout Europe that the prized material was made by burying a variety of materials, including lobster shells, in the ground for eighty years.

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