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A matched pair of Sevres porcelain flower vases and stands…
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Sydney
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30-May-2023
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A matched pair of Sevres porcelain flower vases and stands (vase Hollandois), one vase with blue interlaced L mark and date letter F for 1758, and fleur de lys painter's mark possibly that of Vincent Taillandier (fl.1753-90) the stand with interlaced L mark, the other with iron red mark 1307 R to both pieces, and incised Cn for postulated worker Chanou, of flared form, each with gilt leaves and dentil rim above 'Bleu celeste' ground painted with flower garlands and gilt borders, the pierced shaped oval stand reserved with panels of flowers edged with shaded gilt scrolls divided by gilt roundels, below tapering rectangular gilt diaper-pattern sections, height 17.5 cm. Literature: for a discussion of the form, and for illustrations of the vases in the Wallace collection, London, see Rosalind Savill, 'The Wallace collection, catalogue of Sevres Porcelain', London, 1988, pp. 69-91, which include a similar example incised Cn. Other Notes: this form was introduced at Sevres in three sizes in 1754 and 1758 and was still recorded in production records of the 1790s. The earliest title vase 'A la hollandoise' is believed to derive from the use of these vases as bulb pots and May refer to the Dutch delftware vases of the 17th and 18th centuries, another pair of the same shape and decoration by Taillandier is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Other vases hollandois by Chanou are in the collections of the Frick, Ny, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, pa, and Waddesdon Manor, UK.
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Ceramics: Sevres/Style