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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER T FOR 1772, PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS
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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU HOT MILK JUG AND COVER (POT A LAIT 'HEBERT')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter T for 1772, painter's mark for Evans
Of baluster form with entwined branch handle, the conforming cover with ranunculus finial, each side painted with a bird in a lush landscape reserved within an oval tooled gilt band on the bleu nouveau ground further gilt around the rim of the cover, neck and lower portion with a trailing laurel vine between gilt lines
5½in. (14cm.) high
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter T for 1772, painter's mark for Evans
Of baluster form with entwined branch handle, the conforming cover with ranunculus finial, each side painted with a bird in a lush landscape reserved within an oval tooled gilt band on the bleu nouveau ground further gilt around the rim of the cover, neck and lower portion with a trailing laurel vine between gilt lines
5½in. (14cm.) high
Provenance
Winthrop Brown, New Hampshire
By descent through the family; Christie's New York, 23 May 1995, lot 33
By descent through the family; Christie's New York, 23 May 1995, lot 33