Lot Essay
For an extensive discussion of this model see Rosalind Savill The Wallace Collection Catalogue, pp. 56 - 62.
Details
A SÈVRES BLEU LAPIS SHAPED-OVAL FLOWER VASE (CUVETTE À FLEURS VERDUN)
CIRCA 1763, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING AN INDISTINCT DATE LETTER
Painted with an oval panel of fruit and flowers within a gilt surround on a field of small vermiculé, the remaining surface with large vermiculé, the handles reserved in white (restoration to footrim in two places, small rim chip)--13in. (33cm.) wide
CIRCA 1763, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING AN INDISTINCT DATE LETTER
Painted with an oval panel of fruit and flowers within a gilt surround on a field of small vermiculé, the remaining surface with large vermiculé, the handles reserved in white (restoration to footrim in two places, small rim chip)--13in. (33cm.) wide