A SEVRES PORCELAIN PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER FOR THE 'PRIX DE SEVRES' AWARDED AT THE 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE' OF 1878 (COUPE 'COUTY') CIRCA 1879, IRON-RED DECORE MARK FOR 1879, GREEN STENCILED S. 79 LOZENGE MARK, INCISED POTTER'S MARK M...
Modeled in the Renaissance Revival taste with drum-form body and stepped circular cover, the bowl inscribed EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE MDCCCLXXVIII.PARIS. within a rectangular panel, the bulbous lower section with pâte-sur-pâte ribbon-tied festoons of fruit on a gilt ground, above an elaborately knopped stem similarly decorated, on a stepped circular base, with allover bands of powdered gilt scrolling foliage
191⁄2 in. (49.5 cm.) high
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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 April 2009, lot 165.
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Modeled in the Renaissance Revival taste with drum-form body and stepped circular cover, the bowl inscribed EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE MDCCCLXXVIII.PARIS. within a rectangular panel, the bulbous lower section with pâte-sur-pâte ribbon-tied festoons of fruit on a gilt ground, above an elaborately knopped stem similarly decorated, on a stepped circular base, with allover bands of powdered gilt scrolling foliage
191⁄2 in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 April 2009, lot 165.
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