Lot Essay
See W.B. Honey, French Porcelain, pl. 43 for a Bourg-la-Reine example of similar type
Details
A MENNECY QUATREFOIL SAUCE-TUREEN AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
CIRCA 1770, INCISED DV MARK
Painted with birds in landscape vignettes among grasses and shrubs within puce line rims, the cover with berried branch finial--9½in. (24cm.) wide
CIRCA 1770, INCISED DV MARK
Painted with birds in landscape vignettes among grasses and shrubs within puce line rims, the cover with berried branch finial--9½in. (24cm.) wide
Literature
Ruth Berges, "Mennecy Porcelains for the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection", American Connoisseur, April 1969, pl. 15