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CLAUDE-ANTOINE TARDY WAS ACTIVE AT SèVRES FROM 1755-95
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a SÈVRES LATER DECORATED TURQUOISE-GROUND MILK-JUG
BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTERS AA FOR 1778 AND ABOVE PAINTER'S MARK FOR TARDY
PAINTED WITH SPRAYS OF PANSIES, ROSES AND OTHER FLOWERS IN ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHES BORDERED BY GILT SCROLLWORK, FLOWERS AND TRELLIS, BRANCH-FORM HANDLE TERMINATING IN A GILT MOULDED FLORAL SPRIG, SIMILAR SPRIGS GROWING FROM THE THREE BRANCH-FORM FEET (WEAR TO GILT HANDLE AND RIM, SMALL FIRING CRACK AND SPECKLING TO INTERIOR)--4 5/8IN. (11.7CM.) HIGH
BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTERS AA FOR 1778 AND ABOVE PAINTER'S MARK FOR TARDY
PAINTED WITH SPRAYS OF PANSIES, ROSES AND OTHER FLOWERS IN ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHES BORDERED BY GILT SCROLLWORK, FLOWERS AND TRELLIS, BRANCH-FORM HANDLE TERMINATING IN A GILT MOULDED FLORAL SPRIG, SIMILAR SPRIGS GROWING FROM THE THREE BRANCH-FORM FEET (WEAR TO GILT HANDLE AND RIM, SMALL FIRING CRACK AND SPECKLING TO INTERIOR)--4 5/8IN. (11.7CM.) HIGH