FEATHERY BLUE INTERLACED L'S, INCISED C, CIRCA 1752

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A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS HOT-MILK JUG
FEATHERY BLUE INTERLACED L'S, INCISED C, CIRCA 1752
Of baluster form with integral beak spout and loop handle, gilt with birds within a 'batwing' cartouche on the bleu lapis ground enriched with touches of gilding in imitation of lapis lazuli, the cover lacking
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high

Provenance

with Dragesco & Cramoisan, Paris.

Lot Essay

For a similarly gilt urn 'Pompadour' in the collection of the British Museum, see Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, color plate opposite p. 48, cat. no. 49, p. 124 and Aileen Dawson, A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum, London, 1994, cat. no. 71.

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