A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUBS (CAISSES A FLEURS CARREES, 2EME GRANDEUR)
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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUBS (CAISSES A FLEURS CARREES, 2EME GRANDEUR)

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PARTIALLY OF LATER DATE

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUBS (CAISSES A FLEURS CARREES, 2EME GRANDEUR)
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PARTIALLY OF LATER DATE
Each with three panels painted with ribbon-tied trophies, a fourth with a putto in clouds
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Baron Gustave de Rothschild.
Baroness Renée de Becker, New York.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York.
Henry Ford II; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 February 1978, lot 40.
Exhibited
New York, The Frick Collection, Vincennes and Sèvres, June - August 1980, no. 15.
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Lot Essay

Dominique Joffroy is recorded as a painter of flowers and figures at the Vincennes and Sèvres manufactory from 1753-70.

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