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Pair of Sèvres Pot-Pourris
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Request Details
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Dates
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1773
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Dimensions
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13.00cm high
(5.12 inches high)
8.50cm diameter
(3.35 inches diameter)
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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Pair of Sèvres soft-paste porcelain pomade pots and covers (pot à pomade) painted with flowers, mounted with elegant and intricately worked ormolu, creating beautiful 'pot-pourris'.
Date letter U for 1773.
One painted by Etienne Evans (Active 1752-86) Painter - Birds, animals, flowers)
The other painted by Pouillot (Active 1773-9) Painter - Flowers
Gilders mark for Theodore-Pierre Buteux (Active 1765-80) Painter - Gilder.
The mounts are early 19th century.
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