Sevres Style Floral Bowls with Ormolu Mounts

Two Sevres style porcelain and ormolu mounted centre bowls,…
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Two Sevres style porcelain and ormolu mounted centre bowls, late 19th century, each painted with floral sprays and bucolic scenes reserved against a pale blue ground (2) approx., height 28 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Judith Hoyle, Newcastle

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  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.

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