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A SWEDISH PORPHYRY ('SVART BLYBERG') VASE
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A SWEDISH PORPHYRY ('SVART BLYBERG') VASE

CIRCA 1805-25, ÄLVDALEN (ELFDAL)

Fermé4 December 2008

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GBP 10,000

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A SWEDISH PORPHYRY ('SVART BLYBERG') VASE
CIRCA 1805-25, ÄLVDALEN (ELFDAL)
Of campana shape with outscrolled rim above a waisted body, the turned socle above a circular spreading foot and square plinth base
19 in. (48 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

Porphyry vases of this campana or 'Borghese' shape were particularly favoured at the Älvdalen (Elfdal) manufactory and designs appear in three variants in the 1805 catalogue (see Porphyre, La Pierre Royale, Paris, 1990, p. 20 and p. 33).