A pair of Sevres seaux a bouteilles
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN Provenance: The following twenty-two lots (lots 155-176 inclusive) were bought from Nicholas Morlet in 1777 by the 1st Earl of Normanton, and thence by descent to the present owner.
A pair of Sevres seaux a bouteilles

1771, BLUE AND PUCE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S, PAINTER'S MARK OF PIERRE, INCISED CC TO FOOTRIMS

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A pair of Sevres seaux a bouteilles
1771, blue and puce interlaced L's enclosing date letter S, painter's mark of Pierre, incised CC to footrims
With blue and gilt shell and foliage handles painted with luxuriant bouquets of flowers between concentric blue and gilt line rims joined by gilt foliage (one with minute chip to rim and to one handle and with slight flaking to blue enamel, the other with slight chipping to rim and one handle)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high (2)
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