A SEVRES DOUBLE SALT CELLAR (SALIERE DOUBLE) AND BUTTER TUB AND COVER ON FIXED STAND (BEURRIER)

THE DOUBLE SALT WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER V FOR 1774, PAINTER AND GILDER'S MARKS FOR BUTEUX, DECAMBOS, AND GRISON; THE BUTTER TUB WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS II FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MME. BINET, INCISED WITH AN OVAL

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A SEVRES DOUBLE SALT CELLAR (SALIERE DOUBLE) AND BUTTER TUB AND COVER ON FIXED STAND (BEURRIER)
The double salt with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter V for 1774, painter and gilder's marks for Buteux, Decambos, and Grison; the butter tub with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ii for 1786, painter's mark for Mme. Binet, incised with an oval
The salt of lobed oval form with two quatrefoil basins, painted with scattered sprays and flowers between blue-line-and-gilt-dash and gilt dentil rims; the butter tub moulded as a barrel, the cover with bracket finial
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long, the salt; 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diameter 3½ in. (9 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The three men whose marks are found on the present salt are all recorded as having worked at Sèvres as both flower painters and gilders:
Pierre-Théodore Buteux 1765-1784
Decambos 1776-1788
Jean-Charles Grison l'aîné 1772-1774

Mme. Sophie Chanou Binet is recorded at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns 1779-1798.

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