Sèvres Porcelain Pot-pourri Dish, Louis XV Period. The Wallace Collection
Artist: Vincennes Sevres
Manufacture Royale de Sèvres. ‘Madame de Pompadour’ model.
Ovoid in shape on a pedestal, the body is made of soft porcelain with a ‘Beau Bleu’ ground and ‘
Œil-de-perdrix’ decoration enhanced with gold. The main face is adorned with a large, multi-lobed cartouche in reserve, finely painted with a lively pastoral landscape featuring architecture and mountains in the background. The upper part of the vase features a frieze of stylised palmettes (anthemions) in gold on a white background. The removable lid, also decorated with openwork gilded palmettes, is crowned by a polychrome relief finial modelled in the shape of a flower (flowered fleur-de-lis). The circular pedestal repeats the blue and gold ‘Œil-de-perdrix’ motif
on a white moulded base with gold fillets.
Marked with two interlaced Ls in blue, with the letter-date L for 1764.
H_64 cm, W_11 cm
Very good condition, apart from a slight crack on the inside of the lid, which is practically invisible.
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 9–10 October 1990.
Also featured in the literature: Savill, R. (1988b). The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain.
This pot-pourri is a testament to the creative heyday of the Royal Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in the early 1760s. The ‘Beau Bleu’ ground, combined with the ‘Œil-de-perdrix’ motif – a network of small, gold-dotted circles centred on a blue dot – was one of the most expensive and sought-after designs amongst the French aristocracy, and particularly by the Marquise de Pompadour. The fine detail of the miniature landscape and the delicate relief moulding of the flower highlight the craftsmanship of the manufactory’s painters and restorers.
Ovoid in shape on a pedestal, the body is made of soft porcelain with a ‘Beau Bleu’ ground and ‘
Œil-de-perdrix’ decoration enhanced with gold. The main face is adorned with a large, multi-lobed cartouche in reserve, finely painted with a lively pastoral landscape featuring architecture and mountains in the background. The upper part of the vase features a frieze of stylised palmettes (anthemions) in gold on a white background. The removable lid, also decorated with openwork gilded palmettes, is crowned by a polychrome relief finial modelled in the shape of a flower (flowered fleur-de-lis). The circular pedestal repeats the blue and gold ‘Œil-de-perdrix’ motif
on a white moulded base with gold fillets.
Marked with two interlaced Ls in blue, with the letter-date L for 1764.
H_64 cm, W_11 cm
Very good condition, apart from a slight crack on the inside of the lid, which is practically invisible.
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 9–10 October 1990.
Also featured in the literature: Savill, R. (1988b). The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain.
This pot-pourri is a testament to the creative heyday of the Royal Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in the early 1760s. The ‘Beau Bleu’ ground, combined with the ‘Œil-de-perdrix’ motif – a network of small, gold-dotted circles centred on a blue dot – was one of the most expensive and sought-after designs amongst the French aristocracy, and particularly by the Marquise de Pompadour. The fine detail of the miniature landscape and the delicate relief moulding of the flower highlight the craftsmanship of the manufactory’s painters and restorers.
20 000 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 15th - Transition
Condition: Good condition
Material: Porcelain
Height: 24cm
Reference (ID): 1736116
Availability: In stock
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