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A pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese porcelain jardinières/winecoolers, with the coat of arms of Louis Phelypeaux Comte de Saint-Florentin, Duc de la Vrillière, with the collars of the Order of Mount-Carmel and St. Lazarus, Saint-Michel and the Saint Esprit The Chinese porcelain 18th century, the mounts in Louis XVI style
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- each 25cm. high; 10in.
each of ovoid form with a serpentine rim above an armorial, amongst sprays of flowers with rams' masks handles, on a circular base cast with guilloche
Catalogue Note
The collars are those of the order of Mount-Carmel and St. Lazarus , Saint-Michel and Saint-Michel and the Saint-Esprit.
Ref: 'Nouvel Armoire du Bibliophile' by Joannis Guigard, Paris, 1890, p.397.
The arms are those of Louis Phelypeaux, comte de Saint-Floretin, Duc de la Vrilliere, Ministre d'Etat, born 1705 died 1777. He was Commandeur-Chancelier du Ordres du Roi, Chevalier des Ordres du Mont-Carmel et du Saint Lazare, et Membre honoraire de l'Academie des Sciences.