A PAIR OF SEVRES (HARD PASTE) GILT BISCUIT CENTERPIECES (TREPIED D'APOLLON)

BLUE STENCILLED CROWNED L(OUIS) P(HILIPPE) MONOGRAM AND DATE CYPHER FOR 1843, ONE INCISED MAS

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A PAIR OF SEVRES (HARD PASTE) GILT BISCUIT CENTERPIECES (TREPIED D'APOLLON)
Blue stencilled crowned L(ouis) P(hilippe) monogram and date cypher for 1843, one incised Mas
Each after the Antique as a brazier, the gadrooned basin with everted mouth, its rim applied with stiff leaf tips, the underside with a frieze of confronting griffins centering flaming braziers, the bowl supported on a central stem entwined with a gilt serpent and set within a tripod surround, its legs decorated with an ox mask above flowers and headed by an eagle with outspread wings, on waisted triangular base applied with similar leaf tips
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The present model, a variation on the Trépied antique designed and produced uniquely for the Service de l'Empereur, was intended as part of a surtout de table based on the Seasons that was never produced. Several examples of the répied d'Apoloon, none special orders, are recorded in the factory's records with various selling prices. Among these are two decorated in matte gold at a cost of 750 francs each, a single with no decoration specified at 500 francs, and what would today be termed a 'factory second' at 300 francs.

The present pair may very well be the Deux "Trépieds d'Apollon décorés en or priced at 750 francs each and delivered to the Trianon Palace 20 March 1843. (Registre Vbb 10, folio 110).

The incised Mas mark found on one is that of either of Jean Mascaret, recorded at Sèvres as a sculptor 1806-1848, or of his son Louis, recorded at the factory in the same position 1825-1864.

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