Tall Sevres Porcelain Urn. Beautiful gilt and decoration throughout with a lime green color predominant. Finely cast dore bronze mounts. The artwork is signed near the bottom of the image. Inside lid bears several Sevres marks. Napoleon the 3rd period. Made at the Tulleries Factory to the King. 

Condition: Commensurate with age. Minor rubbing. See images. 

Size: 19 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. 

Sèvres porcelain first began in 1740 at Vincennes before being relocated to Sèvres in 1756 by royal decree, officially becoming the Royal Manufactory under Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. Their opulent hard-paste vases, sculptures, and other decorative objects soon transformed the European luxury ceramics market with its rich colors and pioneering artistic collaborations. Surviving numerous revolutions and wars, they evolved into the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, a national treasure still producing fine ceramics to this day.

Condition: Commensurate with age. Minor rubbing. See images. 

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