Sevres Style Cobalt Blue Porcelain Urn with Ormolu Mounts

Ormolu mounted Sevres style cobalt blue ground porcelain…
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ormolu mounted Sevres style cobalt blue ground porcelain covered urn, late 19th century, finely painted with three maidens and putti among clouds, the reverse with a putto in landscape, signed 'C Rochette', the lid with red printed stamp 'Chateau des Tuileries', height 110 cm. Provenance: The collection of Hermitage, Vaucluse, NSW

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  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
  • Putto / Putti / Amorino / Amorini - A putto (plural: putti) or amerino (plural: amerini) is a cherub or cupid frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and sculpture, especially of the Renaissance and Baroque periods and later used as a decorative element in the design of furniture, ceramics, statuary etc. They are usually depicted as chubby males, or of indeterminate gender, often with wings. Their depiction may represent an association with love, heaven, peace or prosperity.

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