Lot 171
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A TOURNAI PUCE-SCALE FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX CUELLE AND COVER

CIRCA 1765, GILT CROSSED SWORDS ENCLOSING FOUR X'S MARK, INCISED B

Details
A TOURNAI PUCE-SCALE FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX CUELLE AND COVER
Circa 1765, gilt crossed swords enclosing four x's mark, incised B
The circular bowl with up-turned scroll handles, painted by Henry Joseph Duvivier with vignettes of exotic birds reserved within puce-edged feuille-de-choux cartouches outlined with gilt scrolls and reserved on the puce-scale ground, the domed cover with entwined scroll loop finial similarly decorated
7.3/8in. (18.7cm.) wide overall
Provenance
With Shreve, Crump and Low Co., Boston

Lot Essay

See Christiane Deroubaix, Les Porcelaines de Tournai du muse de Mariemont, Mariemont, 1958, nos. 88, 90 for similarly decorated custard cups and covers from the Solvay Collection with finials similar to the handles on the present lot, no. 271, planche 28 for an cuelle and cover of similar shape and similarly moulded but with variant handles and decoration.