A SÈVRES REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAIS DOUBLE-WALLED TÊTE-Á-TÊTE 'DEJEUNER CHINOIS RÉTICULÉ'

INCISED AND GREEN STENCILED POTTER'S MARKS FOR 1873-81, IRON-RED STENCILED DORÉ MARK FOR 1882

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A SÈVRES REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAIS DOUBLE-WALLED TÊTE-Á-TÊTE 'DEJEUNER CHINOIS RÉTICULÉ'
Incised and green stenciled potter's marks for 1873-81, iron-red stenciled doré mark for 1882
Comprising: a coffee-pot and cover, a sugar-bowl and cover, a milk-jug, two coffee-cups and saucers, a tray; the serving wares pierced with variant honey-comb and geometric panels incorporating stylized florets, the latticework enriched overall in gilt; together with two coffee-cups and saucers, date 1900, of similar form and decoration
18¼in. (46.3cm.) wide, overall, the tray (12)

Lot Essay

Pieces from a similar service are currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory number: 69.193.1 11. See also Tamara Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, The Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Catalogue, 17 October 1997 - 1 February 1998, p. 267, fig. 76 and p. 328, fig. 123 for examples of similar pieces and an explanation of the production techniques originally designed by F. Régnier in 1832.

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