Lot 88

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU LAPIS' FLOWER VASE (CUVETTE A FLEURS 'ROUSSEL')

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU LAPIS' FLOWER VASE (CUVETTE A FLEURS 'ROUSSEL')

CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M, PAINTER'S MARK FOR A.-J. CHAPPUIS, THE MOUNT OF LATER DATE

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU LAPIS' FLOWER VASE (CUVETTE A FLEURS 'ROUSSEL')
CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M, PAINTER'S MARK FOR A.-J. CHAPPUIS, THE MOUNT OF LATER DATE
Of shaped oval form with molded rocaille scroll handles at each end, the front and back painted with exotic birds among trees and shrubs within richly gilt scroll cartouches and trailing flowers, the cartouche at the front flanked by trellis and diaper panels, the handles reserved in white and painted with floral sprays, the later ormolu mount with six double-hoof feet
13 in. (33 cm.) wide

Provenance

Collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1991, lot 30 (as part of a matched pair with a Vincennes vase).

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Lot Essay

In a paper delivered to The French Porcelain Society on 17 June 2014, Cyrille Froissart convincingly reassigned the names of several vases found in the Sèvres factory records to other shapes. The form of the present cuvette or horizontal flower vase (jardinière), traditionally called a cuvette à fleurs ‘Verdun’, is now recognized as corresponding to a cuvette 'Roussel'. For a detailed discussion of the detective work that led to this and two other re-attributions, see C. Froissart, Des Cuvettes Démasqués, pp. 1-40.

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