A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and porcelain vases signed by Sèvres
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A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and porcelain vases signed by Sèvres. Each cache pot vase is raised by striking circular ormolu bases with exceptional richly chased acanthus leaf feet in a... — Read More
A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and porcelain vases signed by Sèvres. Each cache pot vase is raised by striking circular ormolu bases with exceptional richly chased acanthus leaf feet in a superb satin and burnished finish and a lovely tied wrap around berried laurel band at the border. The remarkable and most decorative deep cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain bodies display stunning hand painted gold tooled foliate designs centering wonderfully executed hand painted reserves of gentlemen picking flowers and courting ladies on one side and finely detailed colorful floral arrangements on the other side all framed within a unique gold tooled border. Impressive scrolled foliate handles lead up each side to lion heads amidst acanthus leaves holding tied garlands in their mouths while a beautiful pierced and beaded ormolu gallery wraps around the rim. Also finished on the inside. — Read Less
- Item # 11858
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H: 13.25 in L: 11.25 in D: 10.25 in
H: 34 cm L: 29 cm D: 26 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Ormolu, Porcelain
- Louis XVI st. Read More
- Sèvres Read More
It was founded through the support of King Louis XV of France and at the initiative of Madame Pompadour to be located near her Château.
Due to Sèvres’ reputation for excellence and prestige, it has always attracted some of the best artists throughout history; François Boucher, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Alexandre Fragonard and August Rodin, just to name a few. Many of these artworks can be seen at the Louvre Museum and the Musée National de Céramique in France.
Initially, Sèvres created a soft paste porcelain know as Biscuit de Sèvres. In 1768 the Bordeaux chemist Villaris and Jean Baptiste Darnet discovered deposits of Kaolin on French soil. In 1771 the Royal Academy sent a report on the creation of hard paste porcelain at which time Sèvres began manufacturing hard paste porcelain.
Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor renowned for creating Biscuit de Sèvres models, and was the director at Sèvres from 1774-1800, followed by Alexandre Brogniart(1800-1847) and Henri Victor Regnault in 1854.
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