Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Two-Handled Vase - Walters 48754.jpg This unusual red vase is part of a suite of three that Louis XVI purchased in the Porcelain Dining Room at Versailles in December 1782 for 6 000 livres The ormolu mounts are attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis fils 1730-1783 1782 soft-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts cm 54 7 accession number 48 754 19891 Collection of Louis XVI King of France Chateau de Versailles King's Apartment December 1782 by purchase from the maker at the annual Sèvres Manufactory exhibition Philippe Sichel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore November 25 1891 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters 1891 Visible marks Factory Mark Intertwined Lls with crown above and flower mark below in gold; Date Letters EE 1782 ; Date Letter Color Gold; Modeler's Mark Flower mark attributed to Nicolas Schradre Splendors of Versailles Mississippi Arts Pavilion Jackson 1998 place of origin Sèvres France Walters Art Museum license Sèvres porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis Charles De Wailly |