The Essex service

Institution

Royal Collection Trust

Object description:

Soft-paste Sèvres porcelain wine bottle coolers. Bleu céleste ground and gilded decoration. Moulded white rim edged with gold and a gilded foot ring. The gilded frames of the two reserves are composed of a foliate moulding along the top and of a laurel trail along the sides and bottom; the laurel trail, attached at the top by a stud, extends in a loop below each foliate handle. Threaded through the loop and seemingly passing behind the handles are crossed bay-leaf branches.

Object/Work type:

wine coolers (containers)

Cultural Heritage type:

Containers (hierarchy name)

Location:

London - United Kingdom

Object measurements:

18.5 to 18.6 x 26.0 to 26.5 x 20.5 to 20.9 cm (whole object)

Production

Sèvres porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Date: 1764-70

Place: France; Paris

Material/Technique: moulded, low relief, painted, gilded, tooled

Provenance

George IV, King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830) (Acquirer)

Material/Technique: [None]

Subject/theme:

Bouquets, Wreaths, Reserves (as decorative motifs)

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Royal Collection Trust