A VINCENNES BLEU CELESTE TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'CALABRE', GRANDEUR B)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B FOR 1754, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEV

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A VINCENNES BLEU CELESTE TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'CALABRE', GRANDEUR B)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter B for 1754, painter's mark for Lev
The shoulder with a turquoise band extending into cornucopia-shaped panels edged in gilt foliate flowering vines, each cornucopia point issuing colourful flowers, the ear-shaped handle enriched in gilt
5in. (13.3cm.) high

Sale room notice

This teapot and cover are incorrectly labeled in the catalogue photograph as lot 310 rather than 210.

Descrizione dettagliata lotto

A similar teapot, part of a boxed travelling service, from the collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, was sold Christie's, New York, 21-22 March 1991, lot 192.

Denis Lev, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, patterns and birds, 1754-1793, 1795-1805.

Altri da Fine French and Continental & European Ceramics and

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