Vase and cover
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1763 - 1999
Materials
Porcelain, Ormolu
Measurements
7 in (h)
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 718632
Summary
Vase and cover, known as a vase cloche, soft-paste porcelain, dark blue glaze (bleau nouveau), Sévres, France, 1763-65, mounted with early Neo-classical mounts in the gout-grec style by Jean Dulac, rue St Honoré, Paris c.1765. The lid was replaced in 1999. The vase cloche was used to form a potpourri with additional ormolu mounts. The earliest reference to this form was one supplied to Madame de Pompadour in late 1763 now at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Provenance
From a garniture purchased in Paris by Horace Walpole in 1764 and given to his friend John Chute of The Vyne and by descent to Sir Charles Chute. Bequested to the National Trust in 1956 with The Vyne House and Estate.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Jean Dulac, maker
References
Cole, William,. A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765 / 1931., entry for 14 November, 1765.