Lot Essay
cf. Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, 1976, p. 71 and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Svres, Elgance du 20me Sicle, L'Exposition des Porcelaines de Svres du style Art Dco, 1993, p. 126 for period photographs of the exterior of the Pavillons de la Manufacture National de Svres at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Dcoratifs et Industriels Moderne, 1925, which illustrate the monumental covered vases, designed by H. Patou, on which the miniature covered vases are based by Emile Roucheret, a modeler and restorer, who worked at Svres from 1901-1941.