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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS
Lot 259

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS

AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN DULAC, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed24 October 2012

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN DULAC, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with domed lid and leaf-form finial with acanthus base, the vase with pierced Vitruvian-scroll frieze between a Greek-key border and berried laurel band, with dual lion mask handles suspending pelt swags, on ribbon-tied reeded collar and foliate-cast socle, above a guilloche-paneled circular plinth and square foot, the reverse of the mounts variously stamped ES, the undersides of the covers inscribed W [...]/1036
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high

Specialist note

This celebrated model is one of the earliest types of Sèvres vases à monter and, judging from the number of surviving examples in both the 18th and 19th centuries, the most enduringly successful. A parfumeur by profession, Dulac appears consistently in the sales register at Sèvres from 1758-1776. Dulac acquired the majority of the production of this model, known as vases-cloches, purchasing a total of twenty between 1772 and 1779. Commonly incorporating the amusing device of concealed candle branches to the underside of the lids, Dulac's 18th century originals were popular among the sophisticated collectors of the day, with examples acquired by Madame du Barry, Horace Walpole and Prince Baryatinski for Grand Duke Paul's apartments at Pavlovsk.