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Pair of Medici-Form Vases
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Attributed to Schoelcher, Paris, France, circa 1830.
Porcelain, painted and gilded.
16 1/4 in. high, 9 1/2 in. wide, 9 1/2 in. deep.
Ex Coll.: by repute, Joseph Bonaparte, “Point Breeze,” Bordentown, New Jersey; Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard, Oyster Bay, New York; to her daughter, Bertha Bankard (Mrs. Reginald) Rose, and by descent, until 1992; to [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1992–1993]; to private collection, New York, 1993–1995; to [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1995–1996]; to private collection and by descent, until 2013.
This monumental pair of Medici-form vases is an extraordinary example of “Old Paris” porcelain made in Paris in the prevailing neoclassical style, circa 1830.
The attribution of this pair of vases to Schoelcher is based upon a marked pot de crème, which is part of a matching dinner service with the same provenance.
The firm of Schoelcher was one of the principal manufacturers/retailers of “Old Paris” porcelain. According to Regine de Plinval de Guillebon, Porcelain of Paris, 1770–1850 (New York: Walker and Company, 1972), Schoelcher apparently produced porcelain in the Faubourg Saint-Denis until sometime between 1810 and 1823. Later, from at least December 31, 1828, on, Marc Schoelcher and his son Victor sold porcelain from a shop at 2, Boulevard des Italiens, where they formed the company Schoelcher et Fils “for trading with wholesale and retail porcelain merchants in the salesroom of M. Marc Schoelcher.” The firm apparently lasted until January 1, 1835 (although Marc died in October 1832). De Guillebon illustrates a covered broth bowl and stand in the same “Rose-Wreath” design as the present vases, which bears the mark of Schoelcher, and which de Guillebon dates to, circa 1820.
A second dinner service with an identical pattern (see Stuart P. Feld, Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation, 1810–1840, exhib. cat. [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1991, p. 125 no. 94, illus in color a covered soup tureen and platter) is documented as having been acquired in 1833 by George Hyde Clarke (1768–1835) of “Hyde Hall,” Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, from the New York retailer Baldwin Gardiner, who had an extensive “Furnishing Warehouse” at 149 Broadway.
This pair of vases is said to have belonged to Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, who lived at “Point Breeze,” Bordentown, New Jersey. They were acquired in New Jersey by the noted collector of Americana, Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, and then descended to her daughter, Bertha Benkard (Mrs. Reginald) Rose, also a noted collector of American decorative arts.
Condition: Covers and liners probably missing, otherwise, perfect.
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Empire (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1830
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Condition: Covers and liners probably missing, otherwise, perfect.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
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