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Caster (Saupoudreuse)
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About this work
This cylindrical caster with a removable pierced cover may have held sugar. It likely derives its form from silver casters manufactured pre-1700. Its all-white, molded, prunus branch decorations are characteristic of blanc de chine, the term used in France to reference the highly prized porcelain produced in the southeastern Fujian province of Dehua, China, known for its pure color and high degree of translucence.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCaster (Saupoudreuse), c. 1732–38. Saint Cloud Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain, silver mount; overall: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.177
