Lot 254
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN POT-POURRI POMPADOUR
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN POT-POURRI POMPADOUR

THE PORCELAIN VASE DATED 1760, THE LID AND ORMOLU FOOT FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN POT-POURRI POMPADOUR
The porcelain vase dated 1760, the lid and ormolu foot first half 19th century
The vase-shaped pierced body decorated with sprays of summer flowers and surmounted a similarly pierced lid with a leaf-wrapped berried finial and a waisted pierced neck, flanked by paired foliate-cast handles, on a waisted circular spreading foot and a laurel-wreath and square plinth, the vase with indistinct interlaced blue L's enclosing the date letter 'H'
13 in. (33 cm.) high; 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

A closely related Pot-Pourri Pompadour in the collections of the Louvre (inv. OA.10304) is illustrated in M. Brunet & T. Préaud, Sèvres, Des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 137, no. 42. Vases of this type were sold from the collection of the late C.J. Dickins, Christie's London, 4 May 1908, lots 194-195.
A drawing by Jean-Claude Duplessis showing a design for such a vase is illustrated in R. Savill, The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, p.127.

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