A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu câche pot vases
List: $24,800.00
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu câche pot vases. Each stunning vase is raised on an ormolu base with concave corners and decorated with recessed plaques and displaying richly... — Read More
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu câche pot vases. Each stunning vase is raised on an ormolu base with concave corners and decorated with recessed plaques and displaying richly chased wrap around beaded and tied berried laurel bands. The striking bowl shaped porcelain body displays beautiful wonderfully executed hand painted scenes of charming winged cherubs playing outside amidst colorful blooming flowers, ripe fruit, wheat and musical instruments. At each side are elegantly scrolled ormolu handles with a fine draped designs centering the pierced top rim. The bowl is also finished on the inside. — Read Less
- Item # 13262
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H: 10.5 in L: 12 in D: 9 in
H: 27 cm L: 30 cm D: 23 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- 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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