Lot 8

Portrait of Prince de Rohan, School of Hyacinthe Rigaud Private Collection. THE PRINCE DE ROHAN SERVICE (Lots 8-13) The present six lots are from a dinner and dessert service of some 368 pieces made by Sèvres for Louis-René-Edouard, Prince (later Cardinal Prince de Rohan) and itemized in the sales records for 7 September 1772 at a total cost of 20,772 livres One of the best known of the large coulored-ground services produced by the factory during the reign of Louis XV, ..... PROVENANCE OF MOST OF THE SERVICE Louis-René-Edouard, Prince (later Cardinal Prince) de Rohan Prince Demidoff, Palazzo San Donato, Florence Leopold de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire Anthony de Rothschild, Ascott Wing, England Mrs. Marjorie Meriwether Post; Hillwood, Washington D.C. Thelma Chrysler Foy, New York; Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 May 1959, lot 431 (40 pieces) The Estate of Jesie Woolworth Donahue, Southampton; Sotheby Park-Bernet, Inc., New York, 29 April 1972, lot 72

A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE OVAL GLASS COOLER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE MADE FOR THE PRINCE DE ROHAN (SEAU CRENELE)

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, INTERLACED L'S MARK, THE DECORATION POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE OVAL GLASS COOLER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE MADE FOR THE PRINCE DE ROHAN (SEAU CRENELE)
The porcelain 18th century, interlaced L's mark, the decoration possibly 19th century
Of serpentine oval form with crenelated rim, the shell handles extending up each end, finely painted on both sides with exotic birds in landscape vignettes reserved on the turquoise ground within a gilt ciselé cartouche of oak vine with acorns, the lower portion as a log issuing roots, gilt line rim
11½in. (29.2cm.) long overall

Provenance

Leopold de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire
Anthony de Rothschild, Ascott Wing, England
Mrs. Leopold Gellert; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 20 June 1974, lot 147
The Estate of Dr. Henry Chase, New York; Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1989, lot 74

Literature

Inès de Ormesson, L'Argus de Faïences et Porcelaines de France, p. 290, bottom

Exhibited

New York City, The Frick Collection, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, 4 June - 3 August 1980, no. 55

Sale room notice

The description should read:
A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE OVAL GLASS COOLER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE MADE FOR THE PRINCE DE ROHAN (SEAU CRENELE)
The porcelain 18th century, the decoration possibly 19th century
Estimate: $7,000 - 10,000

Lot Essay

See The Estate of Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Southampton; Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 28 April 1972, lot 134 for another example. The original service included six seaux crenelés at a cost of 204 livres each.

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