# Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Gilt-Bronze Inkstand [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, French]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Porcelain, gilt-bronze, height 35 cm ## Commentary Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Gilt-Bronze Inkstand c. 1765 Porcelain, gilt-bronze, height 35 cm Private collection The vase is of oval section, moulded with a Greek-key border on the bleu nouveau ground separated by gilt trellis panels, the fluted neck applied with gilt swags tied with ribbons and grisaille profile medaillons, the gilt metal mounted cover with gilt metal ball knop. This shape was introduced in 1763, named vase à médaillons. It was subsequently named vase grec à médaillons. ## Related artworks - [Bottle-cooler with a Chinese decor]() - [Cameo Service]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Battle of Friedland]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Conquest of Silesia]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Foundation of the Kingdom]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Freeing of Dantzig]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Three Hanseatic Cities \(Berlin, Warsaw, Königsberg\)]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: Victory of Eylau]() - [Chocolate pot]() - ["Choisy" Flower Basin]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()