Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations : with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 283
oom opening fromwhich was what appeared to be a conservatoryfilled with exquisite flowers in bloom, and emit-ting their various odors. All were porcelainof Vincennes. The story relates that the king-was surprised, deceived, and delighted at thespectacle; but it is probable that the surprisewas… … 169. Sevres Vase : gros bleu.Height 15^ inches. Paintingsby Gremont. (Bernal sale; thepair sold for £y<>0.) Perhaps the most celebrated service madeat Sevres was that executed in 1778 for theEmpress Catharine II. of Russia, consisting of 744 pieces, and costing328,188 livres, equivalent, in…
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