TWO SAINT-CLOUD WHITE ARTICHOKE-MOULDED POMMADE POTS AND COVERS (POTS A TOILETTE)
TWO SAINT-CLOUD WHITE ARTICHOKE-MOULDED POMMADE POTS AND COVERS (POTS A TOILETTE)

CIRCA 1725, INCISED STC/T

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TWO SAINT-CLOUD WHITE ARTICHOKE-MOULDED POMMADE POTS AND COVERS (POTS A TOILETTE)
Circa 1725, incised StC/T
Each moulded as an artichoke, the cover with everted stiff leaf rim
3in. (8.9cm.) high (2)
Provenance
C.M.A.
Emery May Holden Norweb

Lot Essay

Cf. Christine Lahaussois, Porcelaines de Saint-Cloud, La Collection du Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, 1997, nos. 105, and 106 and Genevive Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe sicle, Paris, 1996, p. 308, for a selection of similar artichoke-form pommade pots with a variety of finials.

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