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19TH CENTURY, INTERLACED L'S, FLEUR DE LYS AND GILT MARKS TO INTERIOR OF VASE
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A SEVRES GILT-METAL MOUNTED DARK-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER
19TH CENTURY, INTERLACED L'S, FLEUR DE LYS AND GILT MARKS TO INTERIOR OF VASE
Of compressed form, with gilt-metal mounted eagle final, on stepped domed gilt-metal foot, within gilt line rims
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY, INTERLACED L'S, FLEUR DE LYS AND GILT MARKS TO INTERIOR OF VASE
Of compressed form, with gilt-metal mounted eagle final, on stepped domed gilt-metal foot, within gilt line rims
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Lady Sarah Spencer (1838-1919), 28 St. James's Place.
Brought to Althorp by Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in 1923.
Brought to Althorp by Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in 1923.
Literature
Probably W.B. Honey, Catalogue of the Porcelain and Pottery both Oriental and European in the Collection of Earl Spencer at Althorp, 1937, no. 490
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