A VINCENNES WHITE AND GOLD TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'ORDINAIRE')

CIRCA 1750-1751, BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND DOT MARK

Details

A VINCENNES WHITE AND GOLD TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'ORDINAIRE')
Circa 1750-1751, blue interlaced L's and dot mark
Of baluster form, with slightly domed cover, ball finial and a loop in the scroll handle, gilt with vignettes of palm trees and trophies on a flowering vine and with scattered insects, a garland of ribbon-tied flowers suspended beneath the spout, the handle terminal as a fish tail also enriched in gilt
4.7/8in. (12.2cm.) high, 6in. (16.5cm.) wide

Provenance

With Winifred Williams, November 1966
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 56

Literature

Sir John Plumb, "The Intrigue of Svres", House and Garden, January 1986, p.44, illus.

Lot Essay

The form of the base of this teapot is similar to the thire 'Lizonn' but the body of the latter is faceted. Both shapes would seem to always have the loop in the handle terminating in a fish tail. Teapots of this form are often painted with flowers, four examples of which appear in the sales records for October 1752. See Tamara Praud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, nos. 98 and 125 and Tamara Praud and Antoinette Fa-Hall, Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Svres, Grand Palais, Paris, 14 October 1977-16 January 1978, nos. 402 and 403 for a discussion of this form.

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