A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND MARBLE MOUNTED PARIS (COMTE D'ARTOIS) PORCELAIN GILT-WHITE VASES AND TWO COVERS

Lot 128
08.04.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 128 | A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND MARBLE MOUNTED PARIS (COMTE D'ARTOIS) PORCELAIN GILT-WHITE VASES AND TWO COVERS
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
Each of inverted pear shape painted with gilt stiff leaves to the upper rims and lower bodies, both applied with ribbon-hung medallions flanked by laurel garlands, one with portraits of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette, the other with portraits of the Comte d'Artois and the Comte de Provence, with ram's head handles, the gilt socle edges very faintly inscribed with 'Cuit au charbon de terre épuré à la manufacture de Mgr. comte d'Artois Faubourg St Denis le 8 février 1783' (Fired with purified earth coal in the manufacture of Mgr. comte d'Artois Faubourg Saint- Denis 8 February 8 1783) on one and 'Cuit au charbon de terre épuré à la manufacture de Mgr. comte d'Artois Faubourg St Denis le 8 mars 1783' on the other, on square marble bases, the modern domed covers with pine cone finials
263/8 in. (67 cm.) high
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