Pair of meissen porcelain glass coolers

A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze-mounted
Meissen porcelain seaux à verre – circa 1750

The porcelain 18th Century, underglaze crossed-swords mark

Height: 14.3 cm. (5 ¾ in.)     Diameter: 12.7 cm. (5 in.) 

 

Provenance

Collection of Charles and Jayne Wrightsman, New York

 

Literature

C.C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection. Volume IV Porcelain, New York, 1970, p. 112, no. 55.

 

Comparative literature

A pair of identically-mounted seaux in Chantilly porcelain are illustrated in N. Gasc and G. Mabille, Le Musée Nissim de Camondo, Musées et Monuments de France, 1991, p. 79.