AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN APPLE-GREEN AND BLEU LAPIS 'CAILLOUTE' TWO-HANDLED VASE (VASE A FLEURS 'MARMET')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER F FOR 1758-1759, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CORNAILLES, THE MOUNT 18TH CENTURY

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN APPLE-GREEN AND BLEU LAPIS 'CAILLOUTE' TWO-HANDLED VASE (VASE A FLEURS 'MARMET')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter F for 1758-1759, painter's mark for Cornailles, the mount 18th century
Of hexagonal pear-shape with trumpet neck and flared footrim, painted with flower garlands reserved on the gilt caillouté bleu lapis ground within gilt enriched green feuille-de-choux scrolls suspending harebells, the interior of the mouth with a gilt diaper band, set on a bronze doré rocaille foot
8¼in. (21.3cm.), high

Provenance

René Fribourg; Sotheby & Co., London, 25 June 1963, lot 56
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 November - 1 December 1979, lot 200

Lot Essay

A similar vase with identical decoration from the Grandjean Collection in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is illustrated in Brunet, Sèvres, fig. 82, where she states that the original drawing in the Sèvres manufactory bears the inscription Demande par Mons. Marmé 1717 2 piesse a anssé première et seconde grandeur

Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles, active at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter of flowers and as a gilder, 1755-1800.

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