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Glass Cooler (Seau à verre ordinaire)
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About this work
In 18th-century France, wine was traditionally drunk chilled. This object would have held crushed ice or ice water to chill small bottles or glasses. Shifts in the strict dining protocol of 18th-century France under Louis XV meant that bottle coolers would have been placed within reach of the diners, rather than their traditional placement on the side board.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineGlass Cooler (Seau à verre ordinaire), 1759–60. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Everett R. Castle, 1972.180
