Near-pair Of French Sevres-style Porcelain Glass Coolers

A good, beautifully decorated near-pair of Sèvres-style porcelain glass coolers, 19th century, beautifully decorated in blue feathered reserves with sprays of apparel, accessories, weapons, musical instruments, birds, a bird cage, ribbons, feathers, and flowers, the sides decorated with sprays and flags of flowers. Both with underglaze blue interlaced L’s and decorators’ marks. One is slightly larger than the other, which is why we say “near” pair. Heights 13cm and 13.3cm.

We are unsure about these. The “W” date mark on the smaller example is clearly incorrect, which suggests hard-paste, late 19th-century “Sèvres-style”. It is also heavier (791g) than the slightly larger example (644g) with the “R” (1770) date mark. The smaller example may be original, 18th-century, and soft-paste, yet the two tiny “flea-bite” (see condition report below) chips on the rim are not large enough to be conclusive indicators of whether it is hard or soft-paste porcelain. Please see the close-up image we have included. Unfortunately, we have not been able to identify any of the decorators’ marks. It is not unprecedented for one of a pair to be Sèvres and the other Samson, see Christie’s, lot 1154, Auction 16185 “A Love Affair with France: The Elizabeth Stafford Collection”, 1 Nov 2018, New York.

Condition: 2 small “flea-bite” chips on the rim of the slightly larger of the pair. The gilding of the top rims of both is worn from usage. No other issues.

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