Description:
Chinese export porcelain trembleuse stand, also called a mancerina in Mexico, shaped in the form of a large fluted shell with an attached cup holder, which prevents trembling hands from spilling the contents. The term "mancerina" derives from the 23rd viceroy of Mexico, Antonio Sebastian de Toledo, the Marques de Mancera (in office 1664-1673), who had palsy and popularized the all-in-one shape. No Chinese export porcelain model from his time survives; the earliest known trembleuse stands were manufactured in Spain at the Alcora faience (tin-glazed earthenware) factory in the second quarter of the 18th century. This form is most closely associated with the consumption of the beverage chocolate; .forms corresponding to this Chinese export stand appear in English creamware catalogues, invariably listed as “chocolate stands.” Trembleuse stands were most popular in the Roman Catholic countries of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Mexico, all of which indulged in the consumption of chocolate, especially during religious fasts. The cup holder on this example, decorated in pink, rose, and orange, and gilding, has a scalloped top and oval piercings around the body; each lobed panel of the saucer or stand has vertical line of a floral spray.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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