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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TORTOISESHELL-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS
Lot 24

A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TORTOISESHELL-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1809, RED STENCILLED SEVRES MARKS

Closed8 February 2024

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TORTOISESHELL-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1809, RED STENCILLED SEVRES MARKS
Gilt with acanthus scrolls and palmettes, on faux marble bases
16 1⁄8 in. (41 cm.) high overall

Probably sold 18 October 1809 to Madame Albizzi.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 3-4 May 2016, lot 233 (after the sale).

Specialist note


The Sevres Archives for the period 1808-1810 reveals that very few pairs of vases were produced and even fewer with this characteristic colored 'tortoiseshell' ground. The only mention that could correspond, both in the assessment sheets (PB1), and in the register of credits to the Government from 1808-10 (Vbb2,123) corresponds to the delivery for Madame Albizzi. Here we find the mention of "2 Etruscan vases carafes 2 g tortoiseshell background gold frieze Boitel.... 90 (francs)" on October 15, 1809; and by order of the Emperor "December 31, 1810/ for Mad. Albizzi/ (...) 2 Etruscan vases with tortoiseshell background/gold decoration Pair.... 180 (francs)".