Pair Of Vases Aux Ferrés Sèvres 1764

Description :
Painted and gilded porcelain.

These exceptional and rare vases are also called "à la Valois", "antiques ferrés", "aux cordages".
In line with the astonishing shapes of the Sèvres vases designed in the 18th century, these vases also have an unusual decoration.
The straight-sided body is surrounded by four panels seized by simulated ropes.
The pedestal on a square base ends in a crown-shaped bulge.
The lid is topped by a hop socket.
The background color of these vases is the celestial blue, entirely decorated with gilded and reworked decorations (pampers, flowers, reeds ...).
The panels carry in cartouche painted bouquets, and two cupids, one brandishing the fire and the heart of love, the second carrying an armful of roses.
Note the beautiful quality of these paintings.
This form of vases with the four detached panels lent itself perfectly to receive four scenes, portraits or painted reasons, among others we will note a pair to the Palace of the fine arts in Lille the decoration being three portaits of women and a love, To the Louvre, the decorations are scenes of Battle (two photographs joined) ....
The marks include the two L's facing each other, surmounted by a crown indicating a hard paste porcelain, the letter date L (1764), and the initials of painters.
The crown noting the use of a hard paste is an additional guarantee of authenticity, moreover one almost never sees this particular mark.
Indeed, and later in the nineteenth century, the distinction between soft and hard paste has no reason to be, or even did not interest buyers of objects in Sevres.
The crown was only used to make a transition to a period of competition between the German and French porcelain makers.
The marks are in blue on the cover which is typical of the eighteenth century, the marks of Sèvres being under the cover from the beginning of the nineteenth century
The first use of hard porcelain was made between 1761 and 1769 with imported kaolin (Austria ...), it was a small experimental production, 1768 was the year of the discovery of the deposit of Saint Yrieix and the beginning of a real production of objects in hard paste. In 1804 hard paste was definitively and exclusively used.
The marks of painters or gilders are LA (Léandre) and AM (Asselin?), each having signed on a vase.
The hard paste will modify the aspect of the creations of Sèvres at the end of the XVIIIth century, lending itself perfectly to the neo-classicisms of the Empire for example.
The motif of these vases with ironware was so popular that the Samson house asked Sèvres for plaster casts of these vases? In the XIXth century and for example a model of 1 meter height in cookie was made.
The factory of Saint Amand and that of Minton also reproduced these vases but by affixing their mark, the concept of copy to deceive not existing in the relations between the factories, since as said above Sèvres sold its plasters to Samson among others.
Condition:
Excellent condition, very slight wear from use of the gold.
Some original firing cracks without fragility

Dimensions:
Height: 48 cm , base: 12.5 cm x 12.5 cm .
Ref / 15, 20 kg / 32000

Ref: LLW47WM6HL