Lot Essay
Jean-Charles Sioux, l'aîné, was a painter of monchrome flowers, patterns and feathered edges, and was active at the Sèvres manufactory from 1752-1792.
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CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E TO TEAPOT, INDISTINCT DATE LETTER TO MILK-JUG, BLUE CROWN PAINTER'S MARK FOR JEAN-CHARLES SIOUX TO TEAPOT AND MILK-JUG, INCISED BP AND GILT MARK T BELOW A DOT TO TRAY, PERHAPS FOR FRANCOIS BINET, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS
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A SEVRES TETE-A-TETE
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E TO TEAPOT, INDISTINCT DATE LETTER TO MILK-JUG, BLUE CROWN PAINTER'S MARK FOR JEAN-CHARLES SIOUX TO TEAPOT AND MILK-JUG, INCISED BP AND GILT MARK T BELOW A DOT TO TRAY, PERHAPS FOR FRANCOIS BINET, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS
Each piece painted in blue with arches or bands entwined with trailing flowers within gilt-dentil rims, comprising:
A teapot and cover (théière 'Calabre'), the cover with a flower finial (minor chipping to tip of spout)
A milk-jug with an entwined foliate handle (pot à lait 'Hébert')
A sugar-bowl (pot à sucre 'Hébert') (lacking cover, small flat rim chip)
Two cups and saucers (gobelets 'Hébert' et soucoupes)
A rectangular tray (plateau 'Courteille')
(some minor wear to gilding)
The tray 11? in. (29.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E TO TEAPOT, INDISTINCT DATE LETTER TO MILK-JUG, BLUE CROWN PAINTER'S MARK FOR JEAN-CHARLES SIOUX TO TEAPOT AND MILK-JUG, INCISED BP AND GILT MARK T BELOW A DOT TO TRAY, PERHAPS FOR FRANCOIS BINET, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS
Each piece painted in blue with arches or bands entwined with trailing flowers within gilt-dentil rims, comprising:
A teapot and cover (théière 'Calabre'), the cover with a flower finial (minor chipping to tip of spout)
A milk-jug with an entwined foliate handle (pot à lait 'Hébert')
A sugar-bowl (pot à sucre 'Hébert') (lacking cover, small flat rim chip)
Two cups and saucers (gobelets 'Hébert' et soucoupes)
A rectangular tray (plateau 'Courteille')
(some minor wear to gilding)
The tray 11? in. (29.5 cm.) wide
Sale room notice
Please note that the decoration on the teapot and cover and milk-jug is very close to that on the remainder of the other pieces in this "tete a tete" service but there are minor differences in decoration and therefore these two pieces may be matched.
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Matilda Burn
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