STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
A SEVRES PORCELAIN PÂTE D'APPLICATION CELADON-GROUND (FOND CHANGEANT) FOOTED CUP AND COVER, CIRCA 1876
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October 21, 05:56 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
A SEVRES PORCELAIN PÂTE D'APPLICATION CELADON-GROUND (FOND CHANGEANT) FOOTED CUP AND COVER, CIRCA 1876
the rim of the cover modelled in relief with three reclining classical maidens alternating with baskets of flowers enriched with gilding, surmounted with a urn-form finial above radiating stiff acanthus leaves, the rim of the cup with modelled with hanging garlands of flowers tied with ribbons, raised on a baluster fluted stem over a domed foot molded with stiff acanthus leaves, all enriched in gilding, printed DECORE A SEVRES RF monogram over date 76 in iron-red, S. 76 in green lozenge, indistinct incised date Avril 75, 11.
height 13⅞ in.
35.3 cm
In Reports on the Paris universal exposition published for the Illustrated London News, 1867, p. 408, Mr Leon Arnoux, comments: "..the principal feature in the Sèvres court is the great number of vases in that hard porcelain called pâte sur pâte. For the last 15 years the manufactory has chiefly directed its exertions on its production, and, thanks to Mr. [Leopold-Jules-Joseph] Gely, they have been crowned with perfect success."
A cup and cover of this form, applied in relief with figures of putti, appears in a photograph circa 1855, by Robert Louis-Rémy (1810-1882), preserved in the Condé museum, Chantilly, inv. no. PH732.