CIRCA 1835-45, PROBABLY BACCARAT, ATTRIBUTED TO J.F. ROBERT

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A FRENCH OPAQUE WHITE GLASS VASE
CIRCA 1835-45, PROBABLY BACCARAT, ATTRIBUTED TO J.F. ROBERT
Of baluster form, finely painted with three panels of parrots, jays and other specimen birds perched among flowering and fruiting branches within entwined gilt bands, blue floral reserves at the shoulder, the flaring neck painted with a garland, on a circular base
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Jean-François Robert, an artist at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory of Sèvres (1806-34 and 1835-43), decorated opalines by Baccarat and Saint Louis with ornithological designs in enamels as well as gold, silver and platinum from 1843-1855. Another pair of vases also attributed to Baccarat and Robert sold in these Rooms, 29-30 March 2001, lot 205. See Christine Vincendeau, Les Opalines, Luçon, 1998, p. 126 for a similar example by

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