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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SÈVRES GILT SEEDED-GROUND PART SERVICE (CABARET 'CALABRE')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Q FOR 1769, PAINTER'S MARK FOR XHROUET
Details
A SÈVRES GILT SEEDED-GROUND PART SERVICE (CABARET 'CALABRE')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter q for 1769, painter's mark for Xhrouet
Painted with a band of linked wreaths of berried laurel, flowers and gilt laurel reserved on a gilt sablé ground enriched with blue polka dots between narrow bands of gilt Vitruvian scrolls on a beau bleu ground, comprising:
An oviform teapot and cover (théière 'Calabre' et son couvercle), 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
A footed cream-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds', 1ere grandeur ), 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Calabre' et son couvercle), 4 1/8 in. (110.5 cm.) high
Two teacups and saucers (gobelets 'Calabre' et ses soucoupes), 5¼in. (13.4 cm.) diameter, the saucers (9)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter q for 1769, painter's mark for Xhrouet
Painted with a band of linked wreaths of berried laurel, flowers and gilt laurel reserved on a gilt sablé ground enriched with blue polka dots between narrow bands of gilt Vitruvian scrolls on a beau bleu ground, comprising:
An oviform teapot and cover (théière 'Calabre' et son couvercle), 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
A footed cream-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds', 1
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Calabre' et son couvercle), 4 1/8 in. (110.5 cm.) high
Two teacups and saucers (gobelets 'Calabre' et ses soucoupes), 5¼in. (13.4 cm.) diameter, the saucers (9)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lot 215.