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Vase étrusque c. 1769-70
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground, gilded decoration and gilt bronze | .1 42.5 x 21.3 x 19.7, .2 42.8 x 21.3 x 19.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2291
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Sèvres soft paste porcelain pair of vases Bleu nouveau ground and gilded decoration, egg shape vase with folding tongue-like handles overlaid with fern and bead decoration terminating in laurel husks, circular bell shape foot on square base. Oval reserves with bead-and-reel and rope moulding depicting polychrome quayside scenes to the front and intertwined wreaths on the reverse.
Provenance
Recorded in 1826 in His Majesty’s Closet, Carlton House: ‘No.38. A pair of blue Seve Etruscan shaped Vases, with white and gold leaf handles and embossed Laurel sprigs over Compartments of marine subjects painted after Vernet, – the backs painted in wreaths of flowers; ormolu laurel wreath base, on square ormolu plinths. 17 In high’. They can probably be identified in the view of the Blue Velvet Room, Carlton House, engraved by Daniel Havell and dated 1 October 1816, after Charles Wild’s watercolour
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(nationality)(metalworker)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground, gilded decoration and gilt bronze
Measurements
.1 42.5 x 21.3 x 19.7, .2 42.8 x 21.3 x 19.1 cm (whole object)
Place of Production
Sèvres [France]
