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Lot 224

A very large Sèvres vase (vase 'Cordelier'), dated 1872

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6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

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A very large Sèvres vase (vase 'Cordelier'), dated 1872

Of the third size, decorated with a 'lapis-lazuli' ground heightened in gilding, the foot with a wide gilt scrollwork border and the neck with a gilt border of leaves and berries, 72cm high, 42cm diam. at widest, RF and 'Doré à Sèvres' 72 within a circle stencilled in iron-red to inside rim

Footnotes

Please note, there is an inscription engraved on the metal pedestal which reads: 'MR. João de Souza Machado/ en reconnaissance de la génereuse assistance/ qu'il à donnée à l'equipage naufragé du navire français l'Africain/ Juin 1876' [Mr João de Souza Machado/ in recognition of the generous assistance/ he gave to the shipwrecked crew of the French ship 'The African'/ June 1876].

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Please note, there is an inscription engraved on the metal pedestal which reads: 'MR. João de Souza Machado/ en reconnaissance de la génereuse assistance/ qu'il à donnée à l'equipage naufragé du navire français l'Africain/ Juin 1876' [Mr João de Souza Machado/ in recognition of the generous assistance/ he gave to the shipwrecked crew of the French ship 'The African'/ June 1876].

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