Fruit or flower basket (corbeille aux cygnes), 1823


Fruit or flower basket (corbeille aux cygnes), 1823, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm); Diameter: 16 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, This basket is one of the most spectacular products of the Sèvres factory made during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. While the factory archives often provide copious amounts of information concerning the manufacture and sale of important objects such as this basket, surprisingly little is known about its origins and history


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