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179 - ROYAL MANUFACTORY OF SÈVRES. TWO HARD PORCELAIN VASES FORMIN…
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ROYAL MANUFACTORY OF SÈVRES. TWO HARD PORCELAIN VASES FORMING A PENDANT COMMISSIONED BY THE DUCHESS OF BERRY IN 1821. Two Medici-shaped vases of the 5th size, with a blue background, resting on a pedestal and a square base. Polychrome decoration in cartels framed by a gold fillet of views of the Château de Rosny with figures, probably including the Duchess of Berry herself. The neck is embellished with a garland of pampers, the lower part with stylised flower friezes and gilded palmettes. Marked : LL interlaced framing a fleur-de-lys, Sèvres 21. Debossed SZ maker's mark for 1816. Gilder, Melle Virginie Boullemier, active from 1814 to 1842. Mark in green on cover 12.m.21 (12 May 1821 date set in coloured background). Louis XVIII period, year 1821. H. 25.5 cm and 26.5 cm Pedestals: H. 9 cm and H. 8.5 cm AJ Condition. Two chips under the neck of one and a chip, slight wear to the gold, defect with a scratch under a pedestal. Provenance. - Former collection of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870). - Public sale, Hôtel Drouot, 10 May 1865 under the ministry of Me Charles Pillet, catalogue "des objets d'art et de curiosité provenant du Palais Vendramin, à Venise et appartenant à Mme la duchesse de Berry", the vases are described and identified under n° 164. - Private collection. Historical background. A major patron of the arts under the Restoration, the Duchesse de Berry maintained close links with the Royal Sèvres Manufactory, from which she placed numerous orders for both objects of use and ceremonial pieces. On 31 July 1821, she ordered two small blue-bottomed Medici vases decorated with gilded friezes, based on a model chosen in the shop. The pieces were delivered in January 1822 for the annual exhibition of the products of the royal manufactures. To decorate the vases, Isidore-Laurent Deroy (Paris 1797- id. 1886) was commissioned to produce four coloured landscape drawings entitled "Vues de Rosny". Two of these compositions are now in the archives of the Sèvres manufactory and correspond to the views on these vases. Photos attached. They are reproduced in the exhibition catalogue: Entre cour et jardin. Marie-Caroline, Duchess of Berry. Musée de l'Île-de-France. Sceaux 2007. Page 153 no. 107 and page 155 no. 111. Bibliography : Archives. Cité de la céramique. Sèvres. - Registres des pièces de commandes. (Vtt2, folio 6) to 31 July 1821 with the description "Pour S.A.R Mme la Dsse de Berry. 2 Vases Médicis 5th gr. blue bottom frieze in gold in conformity with the vases which are with the Magin with sights of Rosny". - Registre des pièces entrées au magasin de vente de la manufacture de Sèvres (Vv1 170v°53) 22 December 1821 with the description "2 vases Médicis 5e gr. fond bleu, cartouche paysage, vues de Rosny, le prix de fabrication par pièce est de 233,10 frs et de 466,20 frs pour les deux, le prix de vente 250 frs l'un, 500 frs pour les deux". - Delivery register (Vbb6 folio 101) with the description "To S.A.R Madame La Duchesse de Berry delivered during and following the exhibition. 2 vases Médicis shape with beautiful blue background landscape views of Rosny. Price 500frs". -Register of painters' work (Vj' 28 folio 123 to 125). Miss Boullemier wife Marentini. Appraisal sheet of the pieces entered in the sales shop on 1 December 1821 (Pb5 registration no. 168: 53) with the description "2 Médicis vases 5eGr blue background frieze with gold base and glaze. Bruni aplats". Despite the absence of a visible painter's signature on these vases, research carried out in the painters' work registers (Vj' 28 folio 28) revealed, in December 1821, the entry "Mr Langlacé Paysagiste, 2 vases Médicis pour cartel de paysage vue du château de Rosny" (Mr Langlacé Landscape Artist, 2 Medici vases for landscape cartel view of the château de Rosny), which means that the landscapes were executed by him. Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel Langlacé (1786-1864) active from 1806 to 1845. Specialist landscape painter.
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