A PAIR OF PARIS (DUC D'ANGOULEME) VASES

1781-1799, RED STENCILLED ARCH OVER A CAPITAL A

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A PAIR OF PARIS (DUC D'ANGOULEME) VASES
1781-1799, red stencilled arch over a capital A
Each of campana form with paired gilt-scaled dolphin handles extending the length of the neck, their tails coiled beneath the everted rim of the vase, their noses at the shoulder, the neck painted front and back with a lush brightly colored bouquet reserved within a gilt medallion on the dark blue ground further gilt on the lower portion with overlapping shaded leaf tips, the socle with similar leaves, variant reserved patterns along the socle circumference and side of its circular base, on stepped white marble plinth
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The mark on the present vases is for Guèrhard et Dihl while the firm was operating on the rue de Bondi under the protection of the duc d'Angoulême. Cf. Régine de Pinval de Guillebon, Faïence et porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Paris, 1995, p. 422, mark 5. Compare also the ground color and gilding on these vases against that on the set of eight plates by the competing firm of Darte Frères offered as lot 98.

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