Lot Essay
A pair of turquoise-ground Sèvres style vases with identical ormolu mounts was sold Christie's, New York, 11 October 1988, lot 305 ($15,400).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE
THE PORCELAIN BY EUGÈNE POITEVIN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE
THE PORCELAIN BY EUGÈNE POITEVIN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a jardinière and pair of vases with associated lids, the rectangular jardinière set on the front and reverse with white-ground plaques painted with putti on the hunt, the sides painted with trophies, signed Eug. Poitevin, the angles mounted with winged putti kneeling upon a scrolling foliate frieze centred with lion masks and swags, on four hooved supports joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher, the undersides of the feet stamped TT with various numbers, the vases decorated en suite, painted with nymphs and frolicking putti
The jardinière: 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; The vases: 23¼ in. (59 cm.) high (3)
THE PORCELAIN BY EUGÈNE POITEVIN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a jardinière and pair of vases with associated lids, the rectangular jardinière set on the front and reverse with white-ground plaques painted with putti on the hunt, the sides painted with trophies, signed Eug. Poitevin, the angles mounted with winged putti kneeling upon a scrolling foliate frieze centred with lion masks and swags, on four hooved supports joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher, the undersides of the feet stamped TT with various numbers, the vases decorated en suite, painted with nymphs and frolicking putti
The jardinière: 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; The vases: 23¼ in. (59 cm.) high (3)