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THE SEVRES PORCELAIN CIRCA 1768, THE CUVETTE WITH INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P, PAINTER’S MARK FOR MEREAUD LE JEUNE, THE SEVRES COOLER WITH PAINTER'S MARKS FOR MUTEL AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER; THE SAMSON COOLER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN OVAL FLOWER VASE (CUVETTE A FLEURS 'ROUSSEL’), GLASS COOLER (SEAU A VERRE 'ORDINAIRE') AND A SAMSON GLASS COOLER
THE SEVRES PORCELAIN CIRCA 1768, THE CUVETTE WITH INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P, PAINTER’S MARK FOR MEREAUD LE JEUNE, THE SEVRES COOLER WITH PAINTER'S MARKS FOR MUTEL AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER; THE SAMSON COOLER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
All painted with loose bouquets, blue-line-and-gilt-dash rims
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) wide, the cuvette
THE SEVRES PORCELAIN CIRCA 1768, THE CUVETTE WITH INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P, PAINTER’S MARK FOR MEREAUD LE JEUNE, THE SEVRES COOLER WITH PAINTER'S MARKS FOR MUTEL AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER; THE SAMSON COOLER 19TH/20TH CENTURY
All painted with loose bouquets, blue-line-and-gilt-dash rims
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) wide, the cuvette
Provenance
With Lévy-Lacaze, Paris, June 1968 (the cuvette).
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