Vase form, the lower body with painted gadrooning and flowers, the upper rim with alternating palmettes and scaled ovolo above a band of running leaves suspending grape bunches, with gilt elephant head handles, on a square base
12⁷⁄₈ in. (32.8 cm.) high

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The model for this ice-pail was conceived in 1806 by a member of the Brachard family, a nod to the factory's 18th century vase 'a tête d'elephant' which was itself inspired by a Chinese original. See A. Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 1994, pp. 217-220, no. 180 for a discussion of the pair of similar form from the service presented in 1812 by Napoleon I to Emperor Francis II of Austria. The form was also owned by Napoleon himself -- it was included in the 'Marly Rouge' service delivered to him in 1809.
An example of this form from a service purchased by the Duke of Gloucester in 1819 was sold at Christie's, New York, 7 October 2022, lot 35.