Lot Essay
Previously assumed to be the mark of an unidentified painter at Sèvres, the caduceus mark is now considered spurious.
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A PAIR OF SAMSON SÈVRES STYLE BLUE-GROUND POTS OF FLOWERS
MID 19TH CENTURY, BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND PAINTER'S MARK OF A CADUCEUS, ONE WITH A SAMSON MARK
Each square pot with pointed knop finials at the corners and painted with figures in landscapes within shaped reserves edged with elaborate gilt foliage on the blue ground with allover trellis and flowerhead pattern and fitted with gilt bronze branches mounted with porcelain flowerheads
--22½in. (57.2cm.) high (2)
MID 19TH CENTURY, BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND PAINTER'S MARK OF A CADUCEUS, ONE WITH A SAMSON MARK
Each square pot with pointed knop finials at the corners and painted with figures in landscapes within shaped reserves edged with elaborate gilt foliage on the blue ground with allover trellis and flowerhead pattern and fitted with gilt bronze branches mounted with porcelain flowerheads
--22½in. (57.2cm.) high (2)