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An important pair of silver triangular covered dishes from the Mecklenburg-Schwerin service, apparen
A rare pair of Louis XV Sèvres hard-paste porcelain 'moucheté corail' background covered vases, circa 1773
urn-shaped, decorated with polychrome cartouches depicting Russian fishermen after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, on a gilded background of foliage scrolls and bellflowers under a frieze of foliage arabesques; scrolled handles joining a frieze of gadroons at the neck, above a frieze of pearls; the shoulder decorated with a garland of oak leaves and acorns (motif repeated on the foot); the bottom of the body with an ormolu foliage motif; Louis XVI ormolu square bases and lids.
with blue with interlaced L marks, date letter U and unidentified painter's mark Pc in pale iron-red; (one handle restored, some wear to the gilding)
Total height. 15 3/4 in, length. 6 3/4 in
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Rare paire de vases couverts à fond moucheté corail en porcelaine de Sèvres de l'époque Louis XV, 1773
en forme d’urne, à décor de cartouches polychromes représentant des pêcheurs russes d’après Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, sur un fond à décor doré de volutes de feuillages et de campanules sous une frise d’arabesques de feuillages ; anses à enroulement rejoignant une frise de godrons au col, au-dessus d’une frise de perles ; l’épaulement à décor d’une guirlande de feuilles de chêne et de glands (motif répété sur le pied) ; le bas de la panse à motif de feuillage doré ; bases carrées et couvercles en bronze doré Louis XV.
Marque en bleu aux L entrelacés, lettre date U et probable marque de doreur Pe en rouge-de-fer pâle pour Pierre-Nicolas l'aîné (actif 1759-1776) ; (une anse restaurée, quelques usures à la dorure)
Haut. totale 39,8 cm, larg. 17 cm
Catalogue note
In 1999, Letitia Roberts published an article on the garniture made for Abbé Terray. She demonstrated that our two vases, one of Sèvres' first attempts at hard-paste porcelain with a coral base, were part of a set of five vases delivered to the Controller General of Finances, Abbé Terray, on Christmas Eve 1773. These vases are listed in the archives at 600 livres each.
Terray had been appointed by Louis XV in 1769 to the most important position in France; in 1773-1774 he also became Director General of Buildings, at which time he decided to move the royal collections then at Versailles to the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. It was also at this time that he built up his personal collections of paintings and sculptures.
By the time of his death in 1778, Terray had accumulated considerable debts, and so his collection was sold at auction with the following announcement: L'Amateur qui avoit formé ce Cabinet, vouloit encourager les Artistes ses Contemporains; et, sans refuser son admiration aux ouvrages des Anciens, contribuer, autant qu'il le pouvait, à la splendeur des Arts en France. The furniture was divided into three lots, all of which were acquired by President Haudry, probably André Pierre Haudry de Soucy, President of the Parliament of Paris and Fermier Général from 1768 to 1781. No one knows what happened to the collection of President Haudry, who was guillotined during the Revolution.
The set reappeared at the end of the 19th century at the sale of the collection of banker Henry Bingham Mildmay in 1893 at Christie's in London, under number 102: "[OLD SEVRES PORCELAIN] A GRAND GARNITURE : consisting of a campana-shaped centre-vase and cover, painted with Oriental figures, and a trophy in two large medallions, on salmon-coloured ground richly gilt with flowers and scrolls, and with raised dolphins, the lower part with white and gold spiral flutings, and bulrushes in relief ; a pair of oviform vases and covers, with goat's head handles ; and a pair of smaller ditto with acanthus foliage handles - the centre vase 24 in. high, the others 18 in. high".
The set was then divided, the Triton vase and the "goat's head" vases being donated to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1962 and our vases being sold at auction in 1956.
Our vases bear the Sèvres mark and gilder's mark but no painters' marks, which makes it difficult to attribute them to a particular artist. However, L. Roberts notes that the other vases bear the mark M for Jean-Louis Morin, a painter who worked at the Sèvres manufactory between 1754 and 1787. He was famous for his maritime scenes but also officiated as a painter of figures, birds and flowers. Given the consistency of the paintings and scenes between the five vases in the set, it would not be incongruous to attribute the painting of our vases to Jean-Louis Morin.
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En 1999, Letitia Roberts publie un article sur la garniture réalisée pour l'abbé Terray. Elle démontre que nos deux vases, l’un des premiers essais de Sèvres en porcelaine à pâte dure et à fond corail, faisaient partie d’une garniture de cinq vases livrés au Contrôleur Général des Finances, l’Abbé Terray, la veille de Noël 1773. Ces vases sont mentionnés dans les archives au prix de 600 livres chacun.
Terray avait été nommé par Louis XV en 1769 à la fonction la plus importante de France ; en 1773-1774 il devint également Directeur Général des Bâtiments, date à laquelle il décida de déposer les collections royales alors à Versailles à la Grande Galerie du Louvre. C’est également à cette époque qu’il constitua ses collections personnelles de peintures et de sculptures.
A sa mort en 1778, Terray avait accumulé des dettes considérables, et de ce fait sa collection fut vendue aux enchères avec cette annonce : L’Amateur qui avoit formé ce Cabinet, vouloit encourager les Artistes ses Contemporains ; et, sans refuser son admiration aux ouvrages des Anciens, contribuer, autant qu’il le pouvoit, à la splendeur des Arts en France. La garniture fut divisée en trois lots, tous acquis par le Président Haudry, probablement André Pierre Haudry de Soucy, Président du Parlement de Paris et Fermier Général de 1768 à 1781. Personne ne sait ce que devint la collection du Président Haudry qui fut guillotiné pendant la Révolution.
La garniture réapparait à la fin du XIXe siècle lors de la vente de la collection du banquier Henry Bingham Mildmay en 1893 chez Christie's à Londres, sous le numéro 102: « [OLD SEVRES PORCELAIN] A GRAND GARNITURE : consisting of a campana-shaped centre-vase and cover, painted with Oriental figures, and a trophy in two large medallions, on salmon-coloured ground richly gilt with flowers and scrolls, and with raised dolphins, the lower part with white and gold spiral flutings, and bulrushes in relief ; a pair of oviform vases and covers, with goat’s head handles ; and a pair of smaller ditto with acanthus foliage handles- the centre vase 24 in. high, the others 18 in. high ». La garniture est ensuit divisée, le vase Triton et les vases "à têtes de boucs" étant donnés en 1962 à la Preservation Society of Newport County et nos vases étant vendus en 1956 dans une vente aux enchères.
Nos vases portent la marque de Sèvres et de son doreur. En revanche, aucune trace de peintre, ce qui ne permet pas d'attribuer un artiste
A rare pair of Louis XV Sèvres hard-paste porcelain 'moucheté corail' background covered vases, circa 1773
urn-shaped, decorated with polychrome cartouches depicting Russian fishermen after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, on a gilded background of foliage scrolls and bellflowers under a frieze of foliage arabesques; scrolled handles joining a frieze of gadroons at the neck, above a frieze of pearls; the shoulder decorated with a garland of oak leaves and acorns (motif repeated on the foot); the bottom of the body with an ormolu foliage motif; Louis XVI ormolu square bases and lids.
with blue with interlaced L marks, date letter U and unidentified painter's mark Pc in pale iron-red; (one handle restored, some wear to the gilding)
Total height. 15 3/4 in, length. 6 3/4 in
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Rare paire de vases couverts à fond moucheté corail en porcelaine de Sèvres de l'époque Louis XV, 1773
en forme d’urne, à décor de cartouches polychromes représentant des pêcheurs russes d’après Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, sur un fond à décor doré de volutes de feuillages et de campanules sous une frise d’arabesques de feuillages ; anses à enroulement rejoignant une frise de godrons au col, au-dessus d’une frise de perles ; l’épaulement à décor d’une guirlande de feuilles de chêne et de glands (motif répété sur le pied) ; le bas de la panse à motif de feuillage doré ; bases carrées et couvercles en bronze doré Louis XV.
Marque en bleu aux L entrelacés, lettre date U et probable marque de doreur Pe en rouge-de-fer pâle pour Pierre-Nicolas l'aîné (actif 1759-1776) ; (une anse restaurée, quelques usures à la dorure)
Haut. totale 39,8 cm, larg. 17 cm
Catalogue note
In 1999, Letitia Roberts published an article on the garniture made for Abbé Terray. She demonstrated that our two vases, one of Sèvres' first attempts at hard-paste porcelain with a coral base, were part of a set of five vases delivered to the Controller General of Finances, Abbé Terray, on Christmas Eve 1773. These vases are listed in the archives at 600 livres each.
Terray had been appointed by Louis XV in 1769 to the most important position in France; in 1773-1774 he also became Director General of Buildings, at which time he decided to move the royal collections then at Versailles to the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. It was also at this time that he built up his personal collections of paintings and sculptures.
By the time of his death in 1778, Terray had accumulated considerable debts, and so his collection was sold at auction with the following announcement: L'Amateur qui avoit formé ce Cabinet, vouloit encourager les Artistes ses Contemporains; et, sans refuser son admiration aux ouvrages des Anciens, contribuer, autant qu'il le pouvait, à la splendeur des Arts en France. The furniture was divided into three lots, all of which were acquired by President Haudry, probably André Pierre Haudry de Soucy, President of the Parliament of Paris and Fermier Général from 1768 to 1781. No one knows what happened to the collection of President Haudry, who was guillotined during the Revolution.
The set reappeared at the end of the 19th century at the sale of the collection of banker Henry Bingham Mildmay in 1893 at Christie's in London, under number 102: "[OLD SEVRES PORCELAIN] A GRAND GARNITURE : consisting of a campana-shaped centre-vase and cover, painted with Oriental figures, and a trophy in two large medallions, on salmon-coloured ground richly gilt with flowers and scrolls, and with raised dolphins, the lower part with white and gold spiral flutings, and bulrushes in relief ; a pair of oviform vases and covers, with goat's head handles ; and a pair of smaller ditto with acanthus foliage handles - the centre vase 24 in. high, the others 18 in. high".
The set was then divided, the Triton vase and the "goat's head" vases being donated to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1962 and our vases being sold at auction in 1956.
Our vases bear the Sèvres mark and gilder's mark but no painters' marks, which makes it difficult to attribute them to a particular artist. However, L. Roberts notes that the other vases bear the mark M for Jean-Louis Morin, a painter who worked at the Sèvres manufactory between 1754 and 1787. He was famous for his maritime scenes but also officiated as a painter of figures, birds and flowers. Given the consistency of the paintings and scenes between the five vases in the set, it would not be incongruous to attribute the painting of our vases to Jean-Louis Morin.
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En 1999, Letitia Roberts publie un article sur la garniture réalisée pour l'abbé Terray. Elle démontre que nos deux vases, l’un des premiers essais de Sèvres en porcelaine à pâte dure et à fond corail, faisaient partie d’une garniture de cinq vases livrés au Contrôleur Général des Finances, l’Abbé Terray, la veille de Noël 1773. Ces vases sont mentionnés dans les archives au prix de 600 livres chacun.
Terray avait été nommé par Louis XV en 1769 à la fonction la plus importante de France ; en 1773-1774 il devint également Directeur Général des Bâtiments, date à laquelle il décida de déposer les collections royales alors à Versailles à la Grande Galerie du Louvre. C’est également à cette époque qu’il constitua ses collections personnelles de peintures et de sculptures.
A sa mort en 1778, Terray avait accumulé des dettes considérables, et de ce fait sa collection fut vendue aux enchères avec cette annonce : L’Amateur qui avoit formé ce Cabinet, vouloit encourager les Artistes ses Contemporains ; et, sans refuser son admiration aux ouvrages des Anciens, contribuer, autant qu’il le pouvoit, à la splendeur des Arts en France. La garniture fut divisée en trois lots, tous acquis par le Président Haudry, probablement André Pierre Haudry de Soucy, Président du Parlement de Paris et Fermier Général de 1768 à 1781. Personne ne sait ce que devint la collection du Président Haudry qui fut guillotiné pendant la Révolution.
La garniture réapparait à la fin du XIXe siècle lors de la vente de la collection du banquier Henry Bingham Mildmay en 1893 chez Christie's à Londres, sous le numéro 102: « [OLD SEVRES PORCELAIN] A GRAND GARNITURE : consisting of a campana-shaped centre-vase and cover, painted with Oriental figures, and a trophy in two large medallions, on salmon-coloured ground richly gilt with flowers and scrolls, and with raised dolphins, the lower part with white and gold spiral flutings, and bulrushes in relief ; a pair of oviform vases and covers, with goat’s head handles ; and a pair of smaller ditto with acanthus foliage handles- the centre vase 24 in. high, the others 18 in. high ». La garniture est ensuit divisée, le vase Triton et les vases "à têtes de boucs" étant donnés en 1962 à la Preservation Society of Newport County et nos vases étant vendus en 1956 dans une vente aux enchères.
Nos vases portent la marque de Sèvres et de son doreur. En revanche, aucune trace de peintre, ce qui ne permet pas d'attribuer un artiste
Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, Vente du Soir
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