TWO SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN PATE D'APPLICATION CELADON-GROUND VASES (VASE CYLINDROIDE A TETE DE LIONS)

DATED 1855-58, GREEN LOZENGE MARKS, IRON-RED DECORATOR'S MARKS, INCISED POTTER'S MARKS C (18)54-8 AND B-(18)57-1 RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST MONOGRAMMED MLS FOR LOUIS SOLON

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TWO SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN PATE D'APPLICATION CELADON-GROUND VASES (VASE CYLINDROIDE A TETE DE LIONS)
DATED 1855-58, GREEN LOZENGE MARKS, IRON-RED DECORATOR'S MARKS, INCISED POTTER'S MARKS C (18)54-8 AND B-(18)57-1 RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST MONOGRAMMED MLS FOR LOUIS SOLON
Of cylindrical form with lion-mask handles, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a classically clad maiden before a fountain or dancing
10 ¾ in. (27.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Probably supplied to the mobilier de la Couronne or Château Saint-Cloud, 30 January 1858.

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Lot Essay

The present vases appear to correspond to two of three 'vase cylindroides à tête de lion fond celadon figure de femmes en pâte d'application' delivered on 30 January 1858 to either the mobilier de la Couronne (two delivered) or the Château Saint-Cloud (one delivered). See registre Vbb 12, folio 183 in the archives at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.

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