Lot Essay
A virtually identical pair of pots-pourris vases is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 76.
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THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE ORMOLU MID-18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN POTS-POURRIS VASES
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE ORMOLU MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a bulbous body of fluted baluster form painted with deutschen Blumen flanked by floral scrolling arms and a pierced foliate scrolling neck surmounted by a domed lid with a flower, on a pierced foliate foot, one lid extensively restored
9½ in. (24 cm.) high (2)
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE ORMOLU MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a bulbous body of fluted baluster form painted with deutschen Blumen flanked by floral scrolling arms and a pierced foliate scrolling neck surmounted by a domed lid with a flower, on a pierced foliate foot, one lid extensively restored
9½ in. (24 cm.) high (2)