PROBABLY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1800

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND BLUE PORCELAIN TWIN-HANDLED VASES
PROBABLY THE GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1800
Each of ovoid shape, with foliate-cast waisted neck and gadrooned lip, flanked by entwined serpents mounted as handles, the berried foliate-cast spreading base on a square plinth
Each: 19¾ in. (50 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

These splendid vases were probably executed at the Gardner factory of Moscow, which was established by Catherine the Great in the 1770s. A closely related pair of such vases with late 18th century bleu nouveau Sèvres porcelain flanked by the distinctive snake handles, and in addition mounted with lily spray candle branches, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen âge à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 168.

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