A PAIR OF SEVRES CAMAIEU BLEU POMMADE POTS AND COVERS (POT A POMMADE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G FOR 1759-1760 AND WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK, ONE INCISED 4

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A PAIR OF SEVRES CAMAIEU BLEU POMMADE POTS AND COVERS (POT A POMMADE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter G for 1759-1760 and with an unidentified painter's mark, one incised 4
Each of cylindrical from with slightly domed cover and flower finial, finely painted in monochrome blue with landscapes
4.1/8in. (10.5cm.) high (2)

Provenance

With Winifred Williams, 1981
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 129

Literature

Sir John Plumb, "The Intrigue of Svres", House and Garden, January 1986, p.44, illus.

Sale room notice

Please note that the date letter for the present pair should read G for 1759-1760.

Lot Essay

The caduceus mark found on the present pommade pots is found on objects painted with landscapes between 1756-1759. It was ascribed to E. Gomery in the 19th century. Recent scholarship finds no basis for the attribution. However, as confirmed by the present examples, they are by a painter of considerable skill and imagination. See lot 60 of the present sale for a cup and saucer and a sugar-bowl cover from a djeuner painted by the same hand.

Cf. David Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on C18th Vincennes and Svres Porcelain, privately printed, London, 1997, p. 90

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