Sèvres Porcelain
A Soft-Paste Sèvres Porcelain Clock Vase, circa 1778-80
H36.5 W19.5 D16 cm
H.14 3/8 W.7 5/8 D.6 1/4 in
H.14 3/8 W.7 5/8 D.6 1/4 in
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Full of royal symbols with two thriving dolphins and flowing life force, this model of clock was created for the King of France and perhaps the first one produced was purchased by Louis XVI and placed in his cabinet de bains at Versailles in 1778.
The Sèvres porcelain factory carefully created this model with two circular openings at the front and rear to accomodate the gilt-bronze frame for the clock dial and mechanism. The shape, without spaces for a clock, was created at Sèvres during the 1760s and was called a 'vase à dauphins' with examples known now in collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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