Set consisting of a bowl and two vases in Sèvres porcelain with a gros bleu background in the Louis XVI style. The elements are mounted in chased gilt bronze with handles decorated with grotesque masks and scrolls. The background is decorated with interlacing and enameled pearls. The vases are painted with decorations of putti in clouds, playing with drapery or wreaths of flowers, inscribed in medallions adorned with turquoise enameled pearls. They stand on pedestals decorated with white enameled pearls and florets. The bronze handles are gadrooned. The bowl is decorated with playful putti set in reserves and baskets overflowing with flowers. The lid is decorated with two scenes: a gallant scene with a young man playing the flute and a landscape. The gadrooned socket features a flower design on the reverse. The reverse of the lid bears the Château des Tuileries and Manufacture de Sèvres mark of 1846.
Circa: 1850
Condition report: In good condition. Light wear to the gilding. Inside the bowl, small firing crack.
- Reference :
- 3176
- Width :
- 135 (cm)
- Height :
- 275 (cm)
- Depth :
- 135 (cm)
- Period::
- 19th century
- Style::
- de Sèvres
- MAterials::
- Sèvres porcelain, Enamel
- Identifier Exists:
- False
