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18th-century French Porcelain Pot Pourri Jar & Cover, Mennecy.
Circa 1750-55.
The Mennecy porcelain potpourri jar & pierced cover has applied individual florets (en forme de pelotes de neige) or schneeballblüten decoration (snow ball) and a naturalistic moss-covered rocky base modelled with a branching tree to one side. The cover similarly decorated and with three series of holes for potpourri in the shape of a flower-head. There is a single raised flower finial. The interior lip of the cover with a slight loss.
Dimensions: 6 3/4 inches high x 6 inches wide x 4 inches deep ( 17cm x 15 cm x 10 inches.
Reference: French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: J. Pierpont Morgan Collection, Linda H. Roth & Clare Le Corbeiller, no. 29, re schneeballblüten decoration.
See also Inspired by Blanc de Chine, The Anthony Collection of White Porcelain, Exhibition-7th June - 14th June 2017 at Stockspring Antiques, London, # 103.
Dimensions
17cm high x 15 cm wide x 10 cm deepCondition report
small loss to the interior flange on cover- see the last photoStock number
NY9088/xclpThe BADA Standard
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