Lot Essay
Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles was a flower painter at Sèvres from 1755 to 1800, and he was also a gilder.
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1767, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CORNAILLES, INCISED L (?)
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A SEVRES OVIFORM BLUE-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE CALABRE)
1767, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CORNAILLES, INCISED L (?)
Each side painted with a circular garland of flowers tied at the top with a pink ribbon and suspended from an oval waved gilt band ciselé cartouche, the ground gilt with large dots, the white curved spout and white ear-shaped handle enriched with gilding, the domed cover with a similar ground reserved with a similar waved cartouche enclosing a yellow carnation finial, each with gilt line borders and gilt dentil rims (tip of spout with minute restored chip, minute chipping to finial, slight wear to gilt band on footrim)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
1767, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CORNAILLES, INCISED L (?)
Each side painted with a circular garland of flowers tied at the top with a pink ribbon and suspended from an oval waved gilt band ciselé cartouche, the ground gilt with large dots, the white curved spout and white ear-shaped handle enriched with gilding, the domed cover with a similar ground reserved with a similar waved cartouche enclosing a yellow carnation finial, each with gilt line borders and gilt dentil rims (tip of spout with minute restored chip, minute chipping to finial, slight wear to gilt band on footrim)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
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