Lot Essay
A vase similar in shape to the present example was also produced at Chantilly. Cf. Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres des origines à nos jours, Paris, 1978, fig. 82
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A SÈVRES TWO-HANDLED VASE (VASE 'À FLEURS MARMET')
INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O FOR 1767, THE DATE LETTER REPEATED BELOW, INCISED BP AND WITH A CIPHER
The flaring hexafoil neck rising from a conforming globular body tapering to a flaring foot, the scroll bracket handles with foliate terminals, decorated en camaïeu bleu and enriched in gilt with trailing flowering vines, with feuille-de-choux moulded mouth and foot enriched in blue, one handle cracked
7½in. (19cm.) high
INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O FOR 1767, THE DATE LETTER REPEATED BELOW, INCISED BP AND WITH A CIPHER
The flaring hexafoil neck rising from a conforming globular body tapering to a flaring foot, the scroll bracket handles with foliate terminals, decorated en camaïeu bleu and enriched in gilt with trailing flowering vines, with feuille-de-choux moulded mouth and foot enriched in blue, one handle cracked
7½in. (19cm.) high