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1840, BLUE STENCILLED LP MONOGRAM AND DATE 1840 TO THE INSIDES Decirated in platinum, gilding and enamels with cameo profiles of 'Neptune' and 'Amphitrite', the reverses with nautical medallions, one with an ancient Greek ship with 'Argo' on its sails, named 'NAVIGATION ANTIQUE' in a tablet below, the other with an anchor and various navigational instruments, named 'NAVIGATION MODERNE' below, within gilt rope twist roundels, flanked by aquatic attributes, gilt flying fish and albatross 13 ? in. (33.5 cm.) high
These vases are listed in the Sèvres archives as having entered the manufacturer's warehouse on 17 September 1840, with a price of 200 francs per vase, or 400 francs for both (register VV3, folio 77. no. 20). At the date of publication an extensive search of the archives has not been completed and the recipient of these vases may yet be established.
A similar vase was sold by Christie's New York on 21 April 2010, lot 183. This example was delivered by order of M. Torret, the French minister of Agriculture and Commerce, to Hippolyte Dussard, prefect of the lower department of the Seine on 7 August 1848.