A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu statuettes
List: $7,900.00
A unique and most charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu statuettes. Each wonderful small scale statue is raised on a ground like base and stone wall backdrop in an elegant unglazed... — Read More
A unique and most charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu statuettes. Each wonderful small scale statue is raised on a ground like base and stone wall backdrop in an elegant unglazed Biscuit finish. The statue to the left displays two Ormolu young boys climbing over and standing in front of the stone wall. The second statue to the right showcases a young woman sitting atop the wall while looking down on a pair of swans. — Read Less
- Item # 14294
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H: 6 in L: 4.25 in D: 3 in
H: 15 cm L: 11 cm D: 8 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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