CIRCA 1819, ONE WITH BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S AND FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK, ONE COVER WITH GILDER'S B..., ONE VASE INCISED H

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A PAIR OF SEVRES (LOUIS XVIII) PORCELAIN ICE-PAILS AND COVERS (GLACIERE VASE B)
CIRCA 1819, ONE WITH BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S AND FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK, ONE COVER WITH GILDER'S B..., ONE VASE INCISED H
Each oviform with Etruscan style bracket handles, the rim gilt with ribbon-tied overlapping laurel leaves, painted front and back with lush bouquets; together with two associated Sèvres liners, one incised DL and 19-8, the other Z
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 9 in. (23.1 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

The present pair of ice-pails are almost certainly from a service described in the factory records as Service de Dessert fond blanc, loudin en or vert imprimé, bouquets au fleurs coloriés (Dessert Service: white ground, printed border in green gold, bouquets of colored flowers) which entered the saleroom 22 March 1823 [Vv1, 194-31]. The service included 58 plates at a cost of 27 livres each, 8 serving dishes (compotiers) at 20 livres each, 2 baskets (corbeilles paniers) at 65 livres each, 4 fruit bowls (jattes à fruits) at 100 livres each, 2 sugar bowls at 300 livres each, and two vase-shaped ice-pails, covers and liners at 275 livres each for a total cost of 1566 livres.

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