A SEVRES BLEU MOSAÏQUE EWER AND COVER (POT 'A L'EAU TOURNE', 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G FOR 1759-1760, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MICAUD, INCISED JM

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A SEVRES BLEU MOSAÏQUE EWER AND COVER (POT 'A L'EAU TOURNE', 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter G for 1759-1760, painter's mark for Micaud, incised Jm
The pear-shaped pot with loop handle enriched in gilt foliage, painted beneath the similarly enriched spout with a bouquet of fruit and flowers extending around the sides of the pot, a wide border of blue mosaïque enriched in gilt and edged in scrolls and diaper around the neck, the cover decorated en suite
7½in. (19.1cm.) high

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection; Christie's, New York, 21/22 March 1991, lot 225
The Property of a Texas Gentleman; Christie's New York, 25 October 1994, lot 250

Lot Essay

This pattern, used at Sèvres as early as 1756, was made famous by the service given to the Elector Palatine in 1760 and now in the Residenzmuseum, Munich.

The painter's mark of a stiff cross with serifs at the ends has only recently been confirmed by David Peter's as that of Jacques-François Micaud, père. See David Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on C18th Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, privately printed, 1997, pp. 53, 77.

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