Lot 286
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A Sevres gold-mounted oviform vinaigrette
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A Sevres gold-mounted oviform vinaigrette

CIRCA 1768, THE CONTEMPORARY MOUNT WITH A PARIS MARK (JD?) FOR 1768

Details
A Sevres gold-mounted oviform vinaigrette
Circa 1768, the contemporary mount with a Paris mark (JD?) for 1768
The body with swags of foliage suspended from an elaborate border of garlands of roses within gilt cartouches divided by puce flowerheads and shaped blue-ground panels with gilt dot ornament, the cover with a foliage garland within gilt concentric circles and a blue-ground border divided by gilt dots within white ovals, each end with a gilt stylised flowerhead, the hinged mount bright-cut with a garland (slight wear to gilding on blue-ground border of cover)
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
Provenance
Princess Sophie Soutzo (née Princess Marzocozdato), Principal Lady in Waiting to Queen Sophia of Greece (1870-1932), and thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
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Lot Essay

See the similar but slightly later gold-mounted vinaigrette sold in these Rooms on 17th April 2000 lot 134, and for a related jewelled example in the Musée des Artes Decoratifs in Paris, see Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Preud, Sèvres, Des origines à nos jours (Fribourg 1978), p. 201, no. 232.

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