Sugar Basin
c. 1750
Sceaux Factory
Sceaux Factory (French, active 1748–66)
Decorative Art and Design
Sugar Basin, c. 1750. Sceaux Factory (French, active 1748–66). Faience; overall: 13.7 x 17.2 x 14 cm (5 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1961.4 In medieval Italian churches, painted altarpieces served as a focal point for worshippers during the rituals of faith. The figures of Jesus, Mary, and eight saints are framed by a golden background that would have glistened in the flickering candlelight of the church.
- Maker/Artist
- Sceaux Factory
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- faience
- Medium
- faience
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.7 x 17.2 x 14 cm (5 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1961.4
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Decorative Style, Year in Review (1961)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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