Lot Essay
Jean-François Henrion l'aîné, was active at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns from 1770-81 and again from 1783-84.
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOTS 132-137)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SÈVRES POTS-POURRI VASES WITH COVERS
CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARKS JH. FOR HENRION L'AÎNE
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SÈVRES POTS-POURRI VASES WITH COVERS
Circa 1780, maker's marks jh. for Henrion l'aîne
Each domed lid with wheat stop-fluted rosette and feather and tassel finial above a tapering circular body set with a molded and pierced neck mount joined at either side by a foliate scroll issued from the head of a griffon term, on a molded inswept stem and foot and a square base with inswept corners, one lid repaired
9¾in. (25cm) high (2)
Circa 1780, maker's marks jh. for Henrion l'aîne
Each domed lid with wheat stop-fluted rosette and feather and tassel finial above a tapering circular body set with a molded and pierced neck mount joined at either side by a foliate scroll issued from the head of a griffon term, on a molded inswept stem and foot and a square base with inswept corners, one lid repaired
9¾in. (25cm) high (2)