A PAIR OF PARIS (RUE THIROUX) POT-POURRI JARS AND PIERCED COVERS of bulbous form, painted with cornflowers within pink rose garlands on a blue and gilt oeil-de-perdrix borders between bands of gilt trailing foliage, the covers similarly decorated, red stencilled crowned A marks, circa 1790
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A PAIR OF PARIS (RUE THIROUX) POT-POURRI JARS AND PIERCED COVERS of bulbous form, painted with cornflowers within pink rose garlands on a blue and gilt oeil-de-perdrix borders between bands of gilt trailing foliage, the covers similarly decorated, red stencilled crowned A marks, circa 1790
16cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Rue Thiroux was under Queen Marie Antoinette's patronage from 1776-92