CIRCA 1785, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, THE BRASS PLATE TO THE PLINTH POSSIBLY LATER

This vase is very similar in form to a porcelain vase referred to in the Sèvres archives as a cassolette à monter, that belongs to a group recorded in both round and oval versions produced by the factory in the mid-1780s. Three drawings in the Sèvres Archives refer to vases of this general form. The first is a drawing dated 20 April 1784 incorporating a porcelain base and inscribed Vase Casollette pour Etre Monté par M. Tomier (sic Thomire). This is the basis on which the mounts for these vases are attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire. Of the two later drawings, that for the oval model, dated 1786, is inscribed Vase de Monsieur Daguerre oval donné à faire Dapres un Model En bois Le mois 9bre 1786, whilst that for a circular vase, dated 1787, is inscribed Vase Bassignoire 1e demandé par M.Salmon ... ce 10 aoust 1787...pour mettre En Bleu. As the circular version of this model of vase was also referred to as a vase Daguerre rond in 1787, the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre can be conclusively credited with both the design and evolution of this model.