A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN URN

CIRCA 1825-30, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1780

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A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN URN
Circa 1825-30, the porcelain circa 1780
The cylindrical body set with a portrait miniature of a woman within a pearled and rose wreath surround, a plaque engraved Lavallière beneath, the reverse with a butterfly within a cartouche reserve, the gadrooned flared lip over scrolling acanthus arms with dragon terminals from Indian masks, the fluted waisted socle upon a square foot, on a further red griotte marble plinth
16in. (40.5cm.) high overall

Sale room notice

The Sèvres porcelain is marked with the blue interlaced L's enclosing the date letters ee for 1782 and the painter's mark D. for the painter Decambos, active at the factory from 1776-1788 as a gilder and painter of flowers.

For a pair of identical ormolu mounts, attributed to Thomire and in the Berges collection, see R. Berges, From Gold to Porcelain, New York, 1963, p. 122.

Lot Essay

Madame Lavallière was the first favorite of Louis XIV.

In its overall form and the design of the mounts, this vase shares much in common with another in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, London. Almost certainly acquired by George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV, who is known to have patronised Thomire & Cie. through intermediaries such as Frodsham, this latter vase is illustrated in J. Harris, G. de Bellaigue and O. Millar, Buckingham Palace and its Treasures, London, 1968, p.211.

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