A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN BRULE-PARFUM, the pierced cover with flaming finial, the porcelain painted with a floral bouquet within gilt palmette borders, on a bleu céleste ground, on panther monopodia supports in the 'Antique' manner and scrolled feet, the Republican Sèvres rouge pot with underglaze blue inscription Sevres JD, the decoration perhaps later, with printed label 84
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A DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN BRULE-PARFUM, the pierced cover with flaming finial, the porcelain painted with a floral bouquet within gilt palmette borders, on a bleu céleste ground, on panther monopodia supports in the 'Antique' manner and scrolled feet, the Republican Sèvres rouge pot with underglaze blue inscription Sevres JD, the decoration perhaps later, with printed label 84
4¾in. (12cm.) high
Lot Essay
The inscription JD is the mark of the painter Mme Chanou (née Julie Durosey), recorded at Sèvres 1779-1800