Antique Sevres-Style Museum Urn: 24" Rose Pompadour Porcelain Gilded Bronze Satyrs

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The preeminent expert on Sèvres in North Carolina has personally looked at this urn and deemed it to be a … Read more The preeminent expert on Sèvres in North Carolina has personally looked at this urn and deemed it to be a superior quality urn made in the Sèvres style in the late-19th century (1875-1900). Everything is there to authenticate Sèvres, including the underglazed Sèvres makers marks, but the overglazed Made in France mark and the artist's signature point to a mid- to late-19th century Sèvres-style production.

Still, the quality of this urn in every facet of production is undeniable, and given how rare this large 24" urn in rose pampodour is, it's certainly worth every last bit of the $7,500 it would fetch at a Christie's auction -- or so I'm told.

Here's a proper description of the urn:

- Provenance: I purchased it from a wealthy woman from Dallas, Texas who possessed an extensive private collection of Sèvres and Sèvres-style pieces
- Pink ground porcelain producing the classic Sèvres "Rose Pampodour" color
- Expertly hand-painted scenes of a "Courting Couple" on one side and a "Country Lakeside Village" on the other side of the urn, signed by the highly-esteemed painter, L Bertren
- Heavy, intricate and ornate Victorian filigree gilt scroll painting surrounding each cartouche
- There is a tiny 1/16" x 1/16" chip in the gilt scroll painting on the left-hand side of the main scene (see pic 5)
- Stands precisely 24" tall to the top of the finial, 11" across from one satyr to the other and one handle to the other, and 28" in circumference at its widest point
- Weighs 20 pounds, 9 ounces
- Finely cast ormolu/gilt bronze base, maskhead handles with satyrs, lid platform and finial
- As portrayed in picture 9, there is a 1/2" x 1/4" x 1/64" deep chip on the underside of the lid, which cannot be seen once the lid is placed
- There is also a slight imperfection in the bronze material at the base of the lid, with all indications that the chip in the lid and this imperfection occurring in the same incident -- neither of which can be seen when the lid is placed
- Underglaze blue crossed foliate Ls makers marks on the lid and the bottom of the urn
- Classic and expertly detailed Sèvres satyrs adorn each side of the urn at the base of the maskhead handles

If you have any additional questions, I'll be happy to answer them. This is a museum-quality piece waiting to find its place as a centerpiece in someone's home! See less