A PAIR OF SÈVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND BALUSTER VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED BENEATH THE GILDING MIGUEL

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND BALUSTER VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS
Late 19th century, signed beneath the gilding Miguel
Modelled after a Sèvres Vase à Panneaux, each painted with a gallant attended by two maidens in an eighteenth century interior, within a gilt surround flanked by strap and moulded wreath handles, the reverse with misty landscape views, the lower body and socle enriched with alternating long and short gadroons, on beaded ring and square base
17½in. (44.4cm.) high, the porcelain (2)

Lot Essay

See Marcelle Brunet et Tamara Préud, Sèvres des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 166, pl. 127 for an 18th century vase of this form now from the Wallace Collection. Also see Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Vol. I, 1988, p. 316-333, here she mentions that related versions of this form are known at Minton, Coalport and an unidentified factory.

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