Lot Essay
For an example of the form with its cover, see Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, p. 196, no. 243.
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PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES JAM POT (POT A CONFITURE)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M FOR 1765, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PHILIPPINE CADET, THE MOUNT OF ALTER DATE
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES JAM POT (POT A CONFITURE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter M for 1765, painter's mark for Philippine cadet, the mount of alter date
Of tapering cylindrical form, painted with scattered bouquets of flowers beneath a blue-line-and-gilt-dash rim, the footrim set into a gilt-bronze band raised on four ball feet
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter M for 1765, painter's mark for Philippine cadet, the mount of alter date
Of tapering cylindrical form, painted with scattered bouquets of flowers beneath a blue-line-and-gilt-dash rim, the footrim set into a gilt-bronze band raised on four ball feet
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high