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Guillaume Nöel, painter active at Sèvres 1755-1800 Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles, painter and gilder active at Sèvres 1755-1800
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ONE WITH GREY INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER T FOR 1772 AND WITH PAINTER'S MARK OF NÖEL, THE OTHERS WITH DATE LETTER MM FOR 1789 AND PAINTER'S QUAVER MARK FOR CORNAILLES, ONE LINER A WORCESTER (FLIGHT AND BARR) REPLACEMENT
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Three Sevres bucket-shaped ice-pails, three covers and three liners
One with grey interlaced L's enclosing date letter T for 1772 and with painter's mark of Nöel, the others with date letter mm for 1789 and painter's quaver mark for Cornailles, one liner a Worcester (Flight and Barr) replacement
The pails with gilt and blue-edged angular handles and three bun feet with blue line and gilt dash borders, the covers and two liners with blue feuilles-de-choux borders and gilt line rims, the covers with entwined gilt and blue scroll finials (one liner with repair to rim, another with chip and associated crack to inner rim, one finial with a minute chip and one cover with three minute rim chips, the Worcester liner with some rubbing to rim)
9 in. (23 cm.) wide (9)
One with grey interlaced L's enclosing date letter T for 1772 and with painter's mark of Nöel, the others with date letter mm for 1789 and painter's quaver mark for Cornailles, one liner a Worcester (Flight and Barr) replacement
The pails with gilt and blue-edged angular handles and three bun feet with blue line and gilt dash borders, the covers and two liners with blue feuilles-de-choux borders and gilt line rims, the covers with entwined gilt and blue scroll finials (one liner with repair to rim, another with chip and associated crack to inner rim, one finial with a minute chip and one cover with three minute rim chips, the Worcester liner with some rubbing to rim)
9 in. (23 cm.) wide (9)
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