Sèvres Porcelain
A Sèvres Chestnut Bowl (Marronnière), 1760
H13.7 W27.5 D21.7 cm
H.5 3/8 W.10 7/8 D.8 1/2 in
H.5 3/8 W.10 7/8 D.8 1/2 in
2040
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A rare example of the model designed in the late 1750's and early 1760's to hold sugared chestnuts.
The pair to this piece is in The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford from the collection of J.P. Morgan. Pairs of chestnut baskets of this model are in The Wallace Collection, London and in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.