A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASES AND COVERS

MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK 982, SIGNED J.G. DE MAILHAC

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASES AND COVERS
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK 982, SIGNED J.G. DE MAILHAC
In the Sèvres style, each oviform vase flanked by bracket handles issuing laurel swags, finely painted in the manner of Greuze with a girl in a frilled cap holding either a ledger and basket or jug, within a chased gilt surround, the reverse with lush flower stems, on a beaded knop, laurel-molded socle and square base
14¾ in. (37.4 cm.) high (4)

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In 1874 Mademoiselle Julia Granier de Mailhac (born in Coutances Manche) is recorded working in a Paris atelier on Rue Saint-Placide, 50. She is noted as a student of Mme. D. Cool and for painting portraiture on porcelain in the manner of Greuze and Bouguereau.

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