A LARGE SEVRES (PATE DURE NOUVELLE) PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PRESENTATION VASE AND WOODEN STAND

BLACK RECTANGULAR DATE MARK FOR 1926, INDISTINCT INCISED NC...

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A LARGE SEVRES (PATE DURE NOUVELLE) PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PRESENTATION VASE AND WOODEN STAND
BLACK RECTANGULAR DATE MARK FOR 1926, INDISTINCT INCISED NC...
Of octagonal form, enriched with gilt stylized flower-heads, the wooden base inscribed THIS VASE SPECIALLY FIRED AT THE NATIONAL MANUFACTORY CREATED AT SEVRES BY LOUIS XV IS A TRIBUTE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, FROM THE FRENCH PRESS, AND FROM THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE POOR RICHARD CLUB-FELLOWSHIP IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CLUB ON JULY 19, 1928 BY A DELEGATION FROM THE FRENCH PRESS, HEADED BY DR. MARCEL KNECHT, GENERAL SECRETARY OF "LE MATIN," PARIS, "WITH A DEEP FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT"
39¼ in. (99.8 cm.) high (2)

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The Poor Richard Club was a private Philadelphia association founded in 1906 by members of the advertising industry seeking to encourage ethical codes of conduct. They were instrumental in the creation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and presented an annual Gold Medal of Achievement award for public service to such notables as Woodrow Wilson, Amelia Earhart, Walt Disney and Clare Booth Luce.

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