Lot 196
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE-POT AND COVER ('CHOCOLATIERE')
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 195-197)
A SEVRES PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE-POT AND COVER ('CHOCOLATIERE')

BLACK CROWNED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB FOR 1779, PAINTER'S FLOWER MARK FOR SCHRADRE, INCISED FR AND GR

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE-POT AND COVER ('CHOCOLATIERE')
BLACK CROWNED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB FOR 1779, PAINTER'S FLOWER MARK FOR SCHRADRE, INCISED FR AND GR
Of cylindrical form bisected by an ebonized wooden handle, richly painted with a loose bouquet and flowers between torsade bands, the cover with a gilt-metal handle
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Collection of Monsieur M.D.; Galerie Carpentier, Paris, 16 May 1939, lot 2.
Anonymous sale; Saint-Germain en Laye, 21 February 1988, lot 54.

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Schradre is recorded as a gilder and painter of patterns, birds, figures and landscapes from 1773-1785. His work is found on a garniture of three vases Chinois in the collection of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. See G. de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain from the Royal Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, The Queen's Gallery, London, 1979, no. 40.

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