Lot Essay
A cup and saucer, sugar-bowl and cover and milk-jug in the British Museum are perhaps painted by the same hand, see Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain (London, 1994), pp. 111-114, nos. 99-101.
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1763, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER K, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS
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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU-GROUND SOLITAIRE
1763, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER K, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS
Painted with figures, buildings and bridges in wooded landscapes within gilt line and ciselé band cartouches, the handles enriched in gilding and with gilt dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled lozenge-shaped tray plateau lozenge à anses (one lobe with rubbing to gilding, some scratching to blue ground)
A teapot and cover with ear-shaped handle théière 'Calabre', (tip of spout restored, hairline crack to underside rim of cover, finial restored)
A baluster milk-jug with entwined branch handle
A sugar-bowl and cover pot à sucre 'Bouret' (chip to underside rim of cover, wear to gilt dentil rim)
A teacup and saucer Gobelet 'Bouillard' et soucoupe (slight flaking to gilt rim of both pieces)
The tray 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
1763, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER K, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS
Painted with figures, buildings and bridges in wooded landscapes within gilt line and ciselé band cartouches, the handles enriched in gilding and with gilt dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled lozenge-shaped tray plateau lozenge à anses (one lobe with rubbing to gilding, some scratching to blue ground)
A teapot and cover with ear-shaped handle théière 'Calabre', (tip of spout restored, hairline crack to underside rim of cover, finial restored)
A baluster milk-jug with entwined branch handle
A sugar-bowl and cover pot à sucre 'Bouret' (chip to underside rim of cover, wear to gilt dentil rim)
A teacup and saucer Gobelet 'Bouillard' et soucoupe (slight flaking to gilt rim of both pieces)
The tray 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
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