French pair of covered vases

French — circa 1870

£2500 pair

Applied with ‘jeweling’ of drops of enamel over gold foils, including a fleur-de-lis in white enamel, set against a cobalt blue ground and flanked with gilt mask handles.

Gold overglaze marks to the underside of the vases.

Dimensions
23.5cm high, 12.7cm wide

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History

These vases have been inspired by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory who commissioned steel dies in the last quarter of the 18thC to allow gold foils to be stamped into the shapes that were then filled with enamel to create this distinctive type of decoration often referred to as ‘jewelled’.

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