A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES APPLE-GREEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Lot 34

A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES APPLE-GREEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1770

Closed12 November 2020

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GBP 8,750

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES APPLE-GREEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1770
Each with domed lid surmounted by a foliate finial and above a bead and entrelac pierced frieze flanked by pierced, reeded and foliate cast handles, the tapering body above a gadrooned and foliate spreading laurel-cast socle and Greek-key base with re-entrant corners
9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) high

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A garniture, including a pair of identically mounted vases from the collection of the Earl of Sefton, Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, was sold at Christie's house sale, 17-20 September 1973, lot 908. A further pair with closely related mounts, the Sèvres porcelain with date letter for 1774, was sold from the Keck Collection, Sotheby's New York, 4 December 1991, lot 225. A virtually identical pair of vases was sold Christie's London, 1 October 2014, lot 16.