AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE IRIDESCENT-CARAMEL GROUND BALUSTER VASE AND COVER

SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED S. POITEVIN, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE IRIDESCENT-CARAMEL GROUND BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED S. POITEVIN, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Painted in a pastel palette with a maiden and putto stringing flower garlands in a wooded garden within a gilt, platinum and polychrome-iridescent surround surmounted by a vignette of a putto reading a musical score, the reverse with a lakeside view beneath a musical trophy, flanked by female herm handles, on socle and wreath cast circular foot
35 in. (88.8 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

See W. Neuwirth, porzellanmaler-Lexikon, 1840-1914, Band II, p.163-4 for a listing of three painters with the surname Poitevin, here noted as working in Paris studios in the late 19th century. These entries are accompanied by illustrations of vases painted in a similar manner.

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