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| Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Pair of Vases - Walters 48566, 48567 - Group.jpg Between 1778 and 1782 Sèvres manufactured for Louis XVI a series of vases with handles shaped as busts of infants young women and old men hence the name vases des ges The Walters' examples with the infants and a bleu nouveau ground color bear classical scenes and an additional decoration of jewels composed of enamel drops over gold foil The classical scenes are derived from an illustrated edition of Télémaque a romance set in antiquity written by Fénélon in 1699 These vases show Telemachus the son of Ulysses winning a chariot race and Minerva disguised as an old man persuading Telemachus to participate in a war against the Dauniens These vases were designed by Jacques-François Deparis The painting was by Antoine Caton the gilding by Etienne-Henry Le Guay and the jewels by Philippe Parpette ca 1778 soft-paste porcelain with gilt and enamel cm 35 5 accession number 48 566 48 567 77457 Louis XVI Chateau de Versailles November 2 1781 by purchase from Sèvres factory Rothchild Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown not verified Collection Park Heirlooms date and mode of acquisition unknown E M Hodgkins Paris no 69 date and mode of acquisition unknown A Seligmann Rey and Co New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Repairer's Mark Incised on the inside of the rim B Bono Étienne Henri répareur ; Gilder's Mark Le Guay Etienne Henry place of origin Sèvres France Walters Art Museum license Sèvres porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Gilded vases | ||||
