細節
A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND TETE-A-TETE
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter I for 1761, painter's mark for Buteux l'an, various incised marks
Richly painted in colours with trophies of Love, reserved on the green-ground within gilt flower garlands, comprising:
A rectangular two-handled tray (plateau 'Courteille'), the green border further gilt with a vine entwined around a ribbon, 13in. (33cm), wide, overall An oviform teapot and cover (thire 'Calabre' 3me grandeur), 5in. (12.5cm), high
A sugar bowl and cover (pot sucre 'Hbert'), 3in. (9cm), high A footed cream-jug (pot lait ' trois pieds', 2me grandeur), 3.7/8in. (9.8cm), high
Two cups and saucers (gobelet 'Hbert' et soucoupe), 2.1/8in. (5.2cm), high, the cups, 4in. (12.1cm), diameter, the saucers
Buteux, l'an, Charles (8)
來源
Swaything Heirlooms, no.235; Christie's, London, 15 July 1946, lot 92 (190 guineas)
Anon. sale; Sotheby & Co., London, 25 March 1958, lot 151 (price? to the Antique Porcelain Company)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 21
出版
F. Davis, Country Life, 17 April 1958
Sir John Plumb, "The Intrigue of Svres", House and Garden, January 1986, p.44, illus.
