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A highly important pair of Sèvres blue and gold baskets pannier jasmine, from the ‘Service des Arts Industriel’, fitted in their original leather cases from the service that was given as a diplomatic gift to Prince von Metternich
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Circa 1822
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France
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A highly important pair of Sèvres blue and gold baskets pannier jasmine, from the ‘Service des Arts Industriel’, fitted in their original leather cases from the service that was given as a diplomatic gift to Prince von Metternich.
DATE MARKS FOR 1821 AND 1822
Klemens, Fürst von Metternich, (German: Fürst von, “prince of”) in full Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein was born May 15, 1773, Coblenz, Archbishopric of Trier, Germany and died June 11, 1859, Vienna, Austria. Although German by birth he held office as an Austrian diplomat and statesman; one of the most important of his era, serving as the Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister from 1809 and Chancellor from 1821 until the liberal revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation. He was a champion of conservatism, who helped form the victorious alliance against Napoleon I and who restored Austria as a leading European power, hosting the Congress of Vienna in 1814–15.
The Sèvres Service 'des Arts Industriels' was made between 1820 and 1835, its fifteen year production spanning the reign of three Kings of France, Louis XVIII, Charles X and Louis-Philippe I. It was finally purchased in 1836 by Louis-Philippe as a gift for Prince von Metternich, to whom it was delivered on 16 May 1836. Today the service provides us with a remarkable record of early 19th century social history and an almost photographic insight into the working and techniques of a wide variety of industries and crafts of this period, from the intricacies of making jewellery and the inner workings of porcelain production at Sèvres to the hard labour of refining saltpetre.
Alexandre Brongniart, director of the royal manufactory at Sèvres almost certainly initiated this ambitious project, with his choice of subject matter perhaps inspired by the Exposition des produits de l'industrie Français, which took place at the Louvre in 1819.
Basket 1:
Marks to the base: Printed interlaced ‘L’s surrounding a fleur de lis, the word Sèvres and numerals 22. Incised BJ P1 1 in a gold script: MC 12 fevrir. To the side painted in green: 21 Oct 21
Paper label with the initials FM below a coronet with the hand-written number 464 in ink (Fürst von Metternich)
Condition: Small graze to under the base of the foot rim
Height: 8ins. 20 cm. Diameter at top: 10.6ins. 26 cm. Diameter at base: 6 ins. 15cm.
Basket 2:
Marks to the base: Printed interlaced ‘L’s surrounding a fleur de lis, the word Sèvres and numerals 21. Incised BJ P1 1 in a gold script: MC 20 juillet 21. Painted in green: 12M. 21.
Paper label with the initials FM below a coronet with the hand-written number 46 in ink.
Height: 8ins. 20 cm. Diameter at top: 10.6ins. 26 cm. Diameter at base: 6 ins. 15cm.
Provenance: Prince von Metternich (Fürst von Metternich)
Literature:
Pierre Énnis, Four Plates from the Sèvres Service 'des Arts Industriels' (1820-1835) Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Vol 2 1990, pp89-106.
Tamara Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry 1800-1847. Pp.367-9, pl. 148a-f, for illustrations of plates from this service, & p. 373, pl.151 for a further plate.
Derek A. Long, Tools and Trades: The Journal of the Tools and Trades History Society Sèvresolume 9; the Sèvres Service 'des Arts Industriels', A unique record of craft industries in Paris, 1820-1836. Pp. 28-51, (p.31 for mention of the 2 Corbeilles Jasmin id (2 Jasmin baskets) 150 F. each or 300 F. the pair.
Christie’s Continental Ceramics, London June 14th 1994 p. 39 for a discussion on most of this service where it has come to the market for the first time.
J. H. Munger, The Forsythe Wykes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston pp.209-211, for four more plates from this service that were acquired in 1994. A plate from this service depicts the manufacturing workrooms at Sèvres and illustrates many biscuit pieces awaiting decoration. On the second highest shelf there are 6 Pannier Jasmine shown
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