A SEVRES BEAU BLEU HELMET-SHAPED MILK JUG (POT A LAIT)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEV, INCISED 48

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A SEVRES BEAU BLEU HELMET-SHAPED MILK JUG (POT A LAIT)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter LL for 1788, painter's mark for Lev, incised 48
Painted with a trophy of Love within an arbor of trailing vines, birds perched among foliate scrolls within bands of flowering vine reserve on a beau bleu band between gilt lines
5.3/8in. (13.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

The form of the present milk-jug recalls that of 17th century French ceramics. Equally, the spout is inspired by the Vincennes model for a broc 'Roussel' and the flat circular foot from that of a pot l'eau ' la Romaine. Cf. Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Praud, Svres, Des origines nos jours, Paris, 1978, fig. 285

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

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