A RARE ORMOLU MOUNTED SEVRES AUBERGINE GROUND PORCELAIN THREE-PIECE GARNITURE Paris, circa 1785

the gourd with an incised decorator mark CN. Later decorated, restorations, the gourds formerly with ceramic loop handles.

Sotheby's London, 12 March 1999, The Louis XVI and Empire Furniture: From the Estate of the late Giuseppe Rossi, lot 1346
Duc de Rohan-Chalot, Château de Candé, Normandy
Marcel Bissey, Paris

Overall in fair condition. As stated in the catalogue, the decoration is later, restorations, the gourds formerly with ceramic loop handles. The necks of the gourds are not of the same diameter. Due to later decoration and restoration there are variations in the aubergine ground color. One ormulu tassel on a gourd-form vase is detached and in a bag.
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