A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND TETE-A-TETE

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761, PAINTER'S MARK FOR BUTEUX L'AN, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS

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A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND TETE-A-TETE
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter I for 1761, painter's mark for Buteux l'an, various incised marks
Richly painted in colours with trophies of Love, reserved on the green-ground within gilt flower garlands, comprising:
A rectangular two-handled tray (plateau 'Courteille'), the green border further gilt with a vine entwined around a ribbon, 13in. (33cm), wide, overall An oviform teapot and cover (thire 'Calabre' 3me grandeur), 5in. (12.5cm), high
A sugar bowl and cover (pot sucre 'Hbert'), 3in. (9cm), high A footed cream-jug (pot lait ' trois pieds', 2me grandeur), 3.7/8in. (9.8cm), high
Two cups and saucers (gobelet 'Hbert' et soucoupe), 2.1/8in. (5.2cm), high, the cups, 4in. (12.1cm), diameter, the saucers
Buteux, l'an, Charles (8)

Provenance

Swaything Heirlooms, no.235; Christie's, London, 15 July 1946, lot 92 (190 guineas)
Anon. sale; Sotheby & Co., London, 25 March 1958, lot 151 (price? to the Antique Porcelain Company)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 21

Literature

F. Davis, Country Life, 17 April 1958

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

Lot Essay

Djeuners such as the present example were generally supplied to marchands merciers to be inset into tables en chiffonire. Such a combination has hardly survived intact.

Charles Buteux, recorded at Svres as a painter of figures, trophies and flowers, 1756-1782.

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