A MENNECY QUATREFOIL SAUCE-TUREEN AND COVER AND A CUSTARD CUP AND A COVER
A MENNECY QUATREFOIL SAUCE-TUREEN AND COVER AND A CUSTARD CUP AND A COVER

CIRCA 1750, THE TUREEN INCISED DVP AND 49, THE COVER RIM ALSO INCISED P49, THE CUSTARD CUP INCISED D.V

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A MENNECY QUATREFOIL SAUCE-TUREEN AND COVER AND A CUSTARD CUP AND A COVER
Circa 1750, the tureen incised DVP and 49, the cover rim also incised P49, the custard cup incised D.V
The tureen with looped branch finial, painted with loose bouquets; the custard cup and associated period cover similarly decorated; together with a Bourg-La-Reine custard cup and cover, circa 1775, incised BR mark, similarly decorated, the cover illustrated on the Mennecy cup
5.3/8in. (13.7cm.) wide, the sauce-tureen and cover (4)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 18 May 1989, lot 197 (the Mennecy and Bourg-la-Reine custard-cups)
Dr. William P. Harbeson, no. F.B.R.1; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 April 1972, lot 165 (the Bourg-la-Reine custard-cup and cover, part)

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