A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CACHE POTS

CIRCA 1745-49

Details

A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CACHE POTS
CIRCA 1745-49
Each cylindrical vase painted with kakiemon flowers, the ormolu rim and foot cast with flowers, stamped with the C couronné Poinçon
4 ½ in. (11 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, in 1974.
Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.

Lot Essay

The 'C' Couronné Poinçon was a tax mark in use between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.

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