A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu lidded urns
List: $6,600.00
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu lidded urns. The pair of urns are raised on square Ormolu bases supported by topie shaped feet. The edge of the base has a wonderful berried... — Read More
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu lidded urns. The pair of urns are raised on square Ormolu bases supported by topie shaped feet. The edge of the base has a wonderful berried laurel band below a Coeur de Rai pattern. Above are the Porcelain urns both having very detailed scenes of a young male courting a seated young maiden. All are wearing classical attire with wonderful expressions. Both front scenes are surrounded by gold trim with white and red jewels. The back of each urn has additional scenes of landscapes. On each sides are richly chased Ormolu handles decorated with various fruits. The attached lid above have additional gilt designs below the acorn Ormolu finial. All original gilt throughout. — Read Less
- Item # 13452
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H: 11.75 in L: 5 in D: 3.75 in
H: 30 cm L: 13 cm D: 10 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Ormolu, Porcelain
- Louis XVI st. Read More
- Sèvres Read More
It was founded through the support of King Louis XV of France and at the initiative of Madame Pompadour to be located near her Château.
Due to Sèvres’ reputation for excellence and prestige, it has always attracted some of the best artists throughout history; François Boucher, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Alexandre Fragonard and August Rodin, just to name a few. Many of these artworks can be seen at the Louvre Museum and the Musée National de Céramique in France.
Initially, Sèvres created a soft paste porcelain know as Biscuit de Sèvres. In 1768 the Bordeaux chemist Villaris and Jean Baptiste Darnet discovered deposits of Kaolin on French soil. In 1771 the Royal Academy sent a report on the creation of hard paste porcelain at which time Sèvres began manufacturing hard paste porcelain.
Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor renowned for creating Biscuit de Sèvres models, and was the director at Sèvres from 1774-1800, followed by Alexandre Brogniart(1800-1847) and Henri Victor Regnault in 1854.
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