Pair of Potpourri Holders

These two small vessels with evident rocaille forms created by the bronze founder Jean-Jacques Duplessis, served as both potpourri containers and candlesticks. They are partly coated with a ‘petit verd” (green) ground, created at S�vres in 1760. Each one is adorned, on one side, with a large oval cartouche featuring a Chinese scene painted in the manner of Boucher and, on the other, with a bouquet of stylised oriental flowers.