Attributed to Paul-Charles Sormani French, b. 1848 A pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted turquoise glazed ceramic aiguières Paris, late 19th century

each marked PS to the underside of the bronze base

Peter Hughes, The Wallace Collection-Catalogue of Furniture, Vol III, The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London, 1996, pp. 1366-7 for a closely related ewer made circa 1725-35.

The porcelain is in good condition. The gilt bronze mounts have extensive losses of gilding, there is barely any gilding left. Very tarnished, Red brown colour throughout owing to aging and deteriorating varnish.
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