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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G FOR 1759, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK, INCISED DR
Details
A SEVRES PINK-GROUND SMALL TEA CANNISTER (BOITE A THE NO. 5)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter G for 1759, unidentified painter's mark, incised DR
Of rectangular form with domed shoulder and chamfered corners, painted in colours with bouquets reserved on the pink ground within gilt rocaille scroll cartouches, with dentil rim
3in. (8.3cm.) high
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter G for 1759, unidentified painter's mark, incised DR
Of rectangular form with domed shoulder and chamfered corners, painted in colours with bouquets reserved on the pink ground within gilt rocaille scroll cartouches, with dentil rim
3in. (8.3cm.) high
Provenance
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty Comtesse d'Aubigny; Christie's, London, 21 June 1976, lot 182 (#500) Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 104 Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1995, lot 86
Literature
A drawing for a tea cannister of this shape, dated 19 February 1753, and a plaster model are in the archives of the Svres factory. Cf. Tamara Praud and Antoinette Fy-Hall, Porcelaines de Vincennes: Les origines de Svres, Paris, 1977, no. 43
Sale room notice
Please note the present lot, previously in the collection of Sir Chester Beatty, was sold on behalf of the Comtesse d'Aubigny; Christie's, London, 21 June 1976, lot 182 where it fetched 500 pounds.