Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Pair of Vases - Walters 48637, 48638.jpg This pair of fountain-shaped vases and a similar pair in the Wallace Collection London have been related to a manufactory inventory entry of 1766 for a new model of vases à jet d'eau ordered by Louis XV The ground color is bleu nouveau The dolphins may allude to the future Louis XVI becoming the Dauphin the heir apparent in 1765 ca 1765 soft-paste porcelain 48 637 cm 35 9 ; 48 638 cm 35 7 accession number 48 637 48 638 77459 Lord Willpughby d'Eresby according to Hodgkins E M Hodgkins Collection no 55 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 Modeler's Mark R R may refer to Roger père a répareur ap these incised letters are hard to decipher and were not originally recorded possibly ap for Alexis Pépin répareur 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 |