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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE PARIS PORCELAIN (LOCRE) EWER

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE PARIS PORCELAIN (LOCRE) EWER
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body surmounted by an open spout cast with a bearded grotesque's mask and a ram's head and flanked by a putto on a scrolling foliate and flowerhead support, the stiff-leaf wrapped base above a tripartite support with paw feet and a stepped marble base, with glue underglaze crossed sword marks
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high

Provenance

The Grange, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent.

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Lot Essay

Locre established a porcelain factory named 'Fabrique de la Courtille' in the rue Fontaine-au-Roi in 1773. The factory was soon very successful and productive, mainly producing imitations of German porcelain. The factory's mark consisted of crossed double swords, again inspired by those used at Meissen. After Ruffinger had joined Locre in 1790, a new hard paste porcelain manufacturing technique was conceived in the establishment. Related pairs of ewers were sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 1 July 1995, lot 77; Sotheby's London, 10 December 1993, lot 233 and Sotheby's London, 15 June 1990, lot 89.

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