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A PAIR OF CIRCULAR LIMOGES ENAMEL SALT CELLARS DEPICTING THE LABORS OF HERCULES
BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), MID-16TH CENTURY
parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; one with a profile of Venus and the other with Mars; each inscribed at the top of the foot 'PRENES EN GRE' (accept as a gift); the undersides both signed 'PR' and with paper labels inscribed '3062' and 'F 42 / G / II. 101.'
3 ½ in. (8.7 cm.) high
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
M. Blanc, 'Une nouvelle acquisition du musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris. Une salière en émail peint de Pierre Reymond', Sèvres. revue de la Société des Amis du musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, 2008, no. 17, pp. 32-36.
Details
A PAIR OF CIRCULAR LIMOGES ENAMEL SALT CELLARS DEPICTING THE LABORS OF HERCULES
BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), MID-16TH CENTURY
parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; one with a profile of Venus and the other with Mars; each inscribed at the top of the foot 'PRENES EN GRE' (accept as a gift); the undersides both signed 'PR' and with paper labels inscribed '3062' and 'F 42 / G / II. 101.'
3 ½ in. (8.7 cm.) high
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
M. Blanc, 'Une nouvelle acquisition du musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris. Une salière en émail peint de Pierre Reymond', Sèvres. revue de la Société des Amis du musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, 2008, no. 17, pp. 32-36.
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