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A
rare pair of Chantilly Pomegranate Boxes and Covers, of oval shape
and each moulded in the form of a bursting fruit, coloured in
yellow and red, the seeds inside detailed in tones of iron red and
turquoise, each twig handle with lower leaf terminal, the covers
with cherry and leaf finials.
Circa
1745
Length:
4 ins (10.2 cms) No Marks
See
Geneviève Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIII siecle,
Paris
, 1996, pp. 173, 177 for a pomegranate ormolu-mounted as a pot-pourri vase
and cover and shell designs after Juste-Aurele Meissonier by the same
manufacturer. The present two pots may have been intended as pot à jus in
a dessert service or perhaps as jam pots and cover.
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