LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SIGNED A.(BEL) SCHILT

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A PAIR OF SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SIGNED A.(BEL) SCHILT
Each of shield shape, the waisted neck gilt with a musical trophy and flanked by maiden bust handles suspending berried vine on pilaster terminals, finely painted in the manner of Boucher with shepherds courting peasant maidens, the reverse with a bouquet of fruit and flowers, on a conforming socle and square base, mounted as lamps
20½ in. (52 cm.) high, the porcelain (2)

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Lot Essay

The signature on the present pair is likely that of Abel François Philippe Schilt fils. Schilt is recorded as a painter at Sèvres (1847-1880) specializing in scenes after Watteau. He seems to have continued this course after leaving the factory.

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