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THE PORCELAIN 1777 AND CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1815, BLUE INTERLACED 'L'S MARK, THE FIRST WITH DATE LETTER Z AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR TAILLANDIER AND FB, THE OTHER UNMARKED, INCISED MARKS
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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES BLEU-DU-ROI PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
THE PORCELAIN 1777 AND CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1815, BLUE INTERLACED 'L'S MARK, THE FIRST WITH DATE LETTER Z AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR TAILLANDIER AND FB, THE OTHER UNMARKED, INCISED MARKS
Each with berried finial and pierced scrolling foliate arabesque frieze with satyr masks, formed from a sugar bowl and cover, the domed cover and bowl painted with ribbon-tied rose sprays on one within a gilt cartouche and exotic birds to the other, on a gadrooned and berried stiff-leaf spreading socle and square plinth
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)
THE PORCELAIN 1777 AND CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1815, BLUE INTERLACED 'L'S MARK, THE FIRST WITH DATE LETTER Z AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR TAILLANDIER AND FB, THE OTHER UNMARKED, INCISED MARKS
Each with berried finial and pierced scrolling foliate arabesque frieze with satyr masks, formed from a sugar bowl and cover, the domed cover and bowl painted with ribbon-tied rose sprays on one within a gilt cartouche and exotic birds to the other, on a gadrooned and berried stiff-leaf spreading socle and square plinth
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Purchased by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847)in 1824 and by descent.
Literature
'List of Furniture, Porcelain, Paintings & C., purchased by George Byng Esq., for Wrotham Park, 1816-43', '1824 2 Royal Blue Vases mounted in Ormolu and paintings in medallions for chimney piece £17 0s 0d.'
St. James's Square 1847 Inventory, 'CHINA ORNAMENTS AND C a pair of enamelled cups and covers mounted ormolu'.
St. James's Square 1847 Inventory, 'CHINA ORNAMENTS AND C a pair of enamelled cups and covers mounted ormolu'.
Special notice
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.