Sèvres vase

— circa 1892
£1700

A very rare vase of shape ‘Saint Gratien’, of baluster form and decorated with scroll-moulded panels and acanthus leaves upon a fluted rim, heightened in a yellow enamel with darker accumulations to the pattern edges.

Black printed marks for 1892 for both the firing of the form and the decoration, incised letters and numerals JB 92 – 8 – PN, all to the to underside of the base

Dimensions
35cm high

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History

The present example is one of only four vases made in this shape at the manufactory. The present vase is one of two vases made in 1892 described as ‘2 Vase Saint Gratien decoré fond jaune d’email P.N. Prix vente 200F’ [‘2 Saint Gratien vases decorated yellow enamel background P.N. Sale price 200F’].