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St Cloud Factory

Also known as: St Cloud Factory; primary name: St Cloud Factory; other name: Saint-Cloud
Details: unknown; French
Other dates: 1692 (circa)-1766
Biography: Porcelain factory situated on the banks of the Seine in the Paris region which began making soft paste porcelain in the early 1690s and from contemporary accounts is known to have been flourishing by the turn of the century. In 1702 the privilege of making porcelain everywhere in France except at Rouen was granted in letters patent by the King (Louis XIV) to the wife and children of Pierre Chicaneau who had carried out various experiments to produce porcelain and passed on the secret to his wife before his death in about 1678. Production continued for well over half a century until the factory was forced to close because of debts in 1766. Products were bought by the wealthy (e.g. Madame de Pompadour) and included a wide range of tablewares as well as figures and ornaments, initially painted in blue, later often left in the white and with some enamelled in various colours. For a history of the Saint-Cloud porcelain manufactory see Dawson 1994 pp 3-7.
Bibliography: Aileen Dawson 'A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum' [BMP London, 1994] pp 3-7 'Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory' edited by Bertrand Rondot [New York, 1999]

37 related objects

cup; saucer

Museum number: Franks.336 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

cup

Museum number: 1940,0401.7 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

cup; saucer

Museum number: Franks.338 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

cup; saucer

Museum number: Franks.331 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

cup; saucer

Museum number: OA.10450 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

egg-cup

Museum number: Franks.332 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

figure

Museum number: 1923,0314.135.CR |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1735-1745 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

knife; fork

Museum number: AF.3228 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-CloudMade in:England

knife; fork

Museum number: AF.3230 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-CloudMade in:England

mug

Museum number: 1987,1206.1 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1715-1720 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

salt-cellar

Museum number: Franks.330 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

salt-cellar

Museum number: Franks.329 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

saucer

Museum number: 1981,0101.106 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

saucer

Museum number: Franks.343 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

saucer

Museum number: Franks.339 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1735-1745 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

saucer

Museum number: 1931,1019.9.CR |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

saucer

Museum number: AF.3212 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

snuff-box

Museum number: 1934,0722.12.CR |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1745 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

snuff-box

Museum number: Franks.345 |
Producer name: Factory of:St Cloud FactoryMade by:C J B Clérin |
Production date: 1733 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

spice-box

Museum number: Franks.333 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1715-1720 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

sugar-bowl

Museum number: Franks.341 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

tea-bowl

Museum number: Franks.337 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 18thC(mid) |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

tea-bowl; saucer

Museum number: AF.3211 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

tobacco-jar

Museum number: 1913,1220.134 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 1750-1800 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

tobacco-pot

Museum number: 1931,1019.7.CR |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: Franks.342 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: 1931,1019.8.CR |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: Franks.344 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1735 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: Franks.335 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: OA.10719 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1725-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

toilet-pot

Museum number: 1988,1010.3 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:St Cloud FactoryFactory of:Edmé Samson et Cie |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

toilet-pot

Museum number: 1988,1010.1 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:St Cloud FactoryFactory of:Edmé Samson et Cie |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

toilet-pot

Museum number: 1988,1010.2 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:St Cloud FactoryFactory of:Edmé Samson et Cie |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

toilet-pot

Museum number: Franks.344.a |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1735 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

vase

Museum number: AF.3193 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1710 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

walking-stick

Museum number: Franks.334 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1700-1725 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

wine-cooler

Museum number: Franks.340 |
Producer name: BIOG79340 Factory of:St Cloud Factory |
Production date: 1730-1740 |
Production place: Factory in:Saint-Cloud

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