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| The Vases Hollandois French, 1761 Purchased for King George IV for Carlton House Crown Copyright The Royal Collection Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
A creation of the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, dating to 1761, this pair of soft-paste porcelain vases boast a petit verd ground and gilded decoration.
The pair were urchased in Paris for George IV by François Benois at a cost of £80. They were meant to be used in the now long-demolished Carlton House, George IV’s monumentally elegant palace.
When the contents of Carlton House were removed before it was pulled down, all of its contents were inventoried. According to the Royal Collection, the pair was described in the ledgers thusly:
No 10. Two Flower Vases in 4 Parts, Painted Figures & Flowers, Turquoise Blue Ground & Gold Remarks: Delivered to Mr Watier April 24th 1829 to be placed in the Store Room at St James’s Cost £80’.
After languishing in storage for many years, Queen Victoria had the pair moved to Buckingham Palace where they remain to this day.
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| Crown Copyright The Royal Collection |
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