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Pair of Vases (Vases à oreilles)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)
Jean-Claude Duplessis le Père (French and Italian, ca. 1695-1774) (Designer)
Jean-Louis Morin (French, 1732-1787) (?) (Decorator)
Charles-Louis Méreaud, le jeune (French, ca. 1735-1780) (Decorator)
1762
soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt
(18th and 19th Centuries )

The vase reserves are decorated with military scenes attributed to Jean-Louis Morin, and their dark blue (bleu du roi) grounds have been overlaid with "vermiculé" (worm-like) gilding.

Inscription

[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter in blue: j (1762); [Modeler's Mark] In blue: Méraud, Charles-Louis juene; [Decorator's Mark] In blue: M (Morin, Jean Louis)

Provenance
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Collection of Baron Schroeder Sale, Christie's, July 5, 1910, no. 44; Collection of Lord Chesham [remains to be verified]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 26 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Measurements

12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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VO.22 (48.575, 48.576)

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