Live Auction 2762Treasures of France
A GOLD-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN OVIFORM BONBONNIERE
Lot 206

A GOLD-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN OVIFORM BONBONNIERE

THE MOUNTS PARIS, 1768, MAKER'S MARK ?D, MARKED INSIDE RIM AND ON COVER BEZEL WITH CHARGE AND DÉCHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE

Closed24 October 2012

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A GOLD-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN OVIFORM BONBONNIERE
THE MOUNTS PARIS, 1768, MAKER'S MARK ?D, MARKED INSIDE RIM AND ON COVER BEZEL WITH CHARGE AND DÉCHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE
The body with swags of foliage suspended from an elaborate border of foliate garlands within gilt cartouches divided by puce flower-heads and shaped blue-ground panels with gilt dot ornament, the cover banded en suite
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long, 2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high, with base (2)

Princess Sophie Soutzo (née Princess Marzocozdato), Principal Lady in Waiting to Queen Sophia of Greece (1870-1932).
By descent to a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 9 July 2001, lot 286.

Specialist note

See the similar but slightly later gold-mounted bonbonniere, sold Christie's, London, 17 April 2000, lot 134, also M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres, Des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 201, no. 232 for a related jeweled example in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.