Lot 124
Lot 124
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. BRUCE WILSON
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU NOUVEAU' VASES (VASES CHAPELET) AND TWO COVERS

THE VASES CIRCA 1772, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE, THE COVERS MODERN

Price Realised USD 4,410
Estimate
USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU NOUVEAU' VASES (VASES CHAPELET) AND TWO COVERS

THE VASES CIRCA 1772, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE, THE COVERS MODERN

Price Realised USD 4,410
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
Price Realised USD 4,410
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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Each of baluster form, the bodies painted to one side with reclining semi-nude maidens in landscapes after Boucher, the other side with bouquets of flowers, all in frames of gilt oak leaves, flanked by scroll and bead handles, the shoulders with overlapping rings of berried laurel, with white beaded upper rim, the domed covers with pinecone finials, on conforming socles with molded gilt laurel rims and on square ormolu plinths
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar, 3rd Baronet (1810-1902), Polesden Lacey, thence by decent, sold,
Bonhams, London, 6 July 2021, lot 127.
Literature
R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, p. 788-189, no. C484, commentary.
Exhibited
Bethnal Green Museum, London, circa 1929.
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