A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE TEA CANNISTER AND COVER

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER V FOR 1774, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MICAUD, GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE TEA CANNISTER AND COVER
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter V for 1774, painter's mark for Micaud, gilder's mark for Le Guay
Gilt with paterae on oval reserves within further foliate gilding and suspending flower garlands, the shoulder with gilt flower garlands, gilt dentil rims

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan, no. P.M.1675A

Literature

Count X. de Chavagnac, Catalogue des Porcelaines Franaises de M.J. Pierpont Morgan, Paris, 1910, p. 126, no. 159, illus.

Lot Essay

Jacques-Franois Micaud, recorded at Svres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1757-1810

tienne-Henry Le Guay, recorded at Vincennes and Svres first as a painter and later as a gilder, 1748-1749 and 1751-1796

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