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A Rare Pair of Louis XV Style Porcelain Jardinières
£22,000
This unusual pair of Sèvres-Style jardinières are each of square section inset with finely painted porcelain panels, depicting floral sprays and genre...
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm (11 in)Width: 21 cm (9 in)
Depth: 21 cm (9 in)
PrintDescription
This unusual pair of Sèvres-Style jardinières are each of square section inset with finely painted porcelain panels, depicting floral sprays and genre scenes in the manner of Boucher. The gilt-bronze mounts are finely cast with scrolling rocaille decoration, surmounted by bird finials and terminating in dolphin cast feet. The jardinières retain their original liners.
A closely related pair of jardinières with comparative gilt-bronze mounts. but lacquer rather than porcelain panels, were acquired at auction at Oxenhams in 1836 by the Regency collector George Byng for Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire.
Possibly English, Circa 1840.
Date
Circa 1840
Origin
England
Medium
Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain
