Live Auction 1987Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, Carpets, And Glass
A MENNECY POMMADE POT AND COVER AND A SAINT-CLOUD POMMADE POT
Lot 168VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A MENNECY POMMADE POT AND COVER AND A SAINT-CLOUD POMMADE POT

CIRCA 1730

Closed20 May 2008

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A MENNECY POMMADE POT AND COVER AND A SAINT-CLOUD POMMADE POT
Circa 1730
The first with deeply domed cover, both it and the pot painted in blue with scattered sprigs of a three-petal flower; the other pot in blue with pendant lambrequins, the footrim with a band of dots and zig-zags
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high overall, the pot and cover; 2 in. (5 cm.) high, the second pot (3)

With S. Berges, New York.

Specialist note

See Property from a Distinguished Collection, Christie's, New York, The Arts of France, 21 October 1997, lot 82 for two pommade pots and covers similar to the present example, both with incised with the D,V mark used at the Mennecy factory.