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Antique Bleu Celeste Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamp C.1870 19th C

£1,450    $1,833    €1,740
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres hand-painted porcelain and ormolu mounted vase circa 1870 in date, later converted into a lamp.
 
 
The ovoid porcelain body is painted with gilt-framed panels depicting finely painted cherubs at play on one side with a landscape on the other, on a bleu celeste ground. It is mounted on a square onyx and ormolu base and raised on ormolu paw feet.
 
 
Add an elegant touch to any room in your home.
 
 
Condition:
 
In excellent condition with no chips, cracks or signs of repair, re-wired and pat tested please see photos for confirmation of condition.
 
 
Dimensions in cm:
 
Height 64 x Width 21.5 x Depth 17
 
 
Dimensions in inches:
 
Height 2 feet, 1 inch x Width 8 inches x Depth 7 inches
 
 
Sevres Porcelain traces its roots in France to early craftsmen who had small manufacturing operations in such places as Lille, Rouen. St. Cloud, and most notably Chantilly. It is from Chantilly that a cadre of workers migrated to the Chateau de Vincennes near Paris to form a larger porcelain manufactory in 1738.
 
 
French King Louis XV, perhaps inspired by his rumoured relationship with mistress Madame de Pompadour, took an intense interest in porcelain and moved the operation in 1756 to even larger quarters in the Paris suburb of Sevres. Sevres was also conveniently near the home of Madame de Pompadour and the King''s own Palace at Versailles.
 
From the outset the king''s clear aim was to produce Sevres Porcelain that surpassed the established Saxony works of Meissen and Dresden. Though the French lacked an ample supply of kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus compatible with a wider variety of colours and glazes that in many cases were also richer and more vivid. Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain ''biscuit'' figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcela...
Antique #SA960410, shown on this page, originates from the 19th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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