Wine cooler
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1791 - 1792
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446296
Summary
Pair of wine coolers or seaux a bouteilles from the grand Service de Versailles with shell moulded handles, each painted at the front and back with mythological subjects within circular panels reserved on a bleu de roi ground enriched with gilding. Maker's mark - interlaced L's, date letter for 1791, date letter for 1792, painter's mark for Dodin, gilder's mark for Le Guay in gilt.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734 - 1803), artist Étienne Charles Le Guay (1762 – Paris 1846), gilder