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Pair of Covered Tureens on Stand (Paire de pots-à-oille)
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A misconception influenced by 19th-century art historical texts, the pale pink that appears on Sèvres porcelain is commonly and incorrectly called rose Pompadour after Madame de Pompadour, official mistress of French King Louis XV. Though she was a great patron of the factory, this pale pink ground did not carry her name during its mid-18th-century production. Instead, factory records refer to this striking pink simply as rose.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePair of Covered Tureens on Stand (Paire de pots-à-oille), 1757–58. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.25
