A SVRES OVIFORM TEAPOT AND COVER (THIRE 'CALABRE')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER F FOR 1758, PAINTER'S MARK OF A SWORD FOR EVANS, INCISED 2

Details
A SVRES OVIFORM TEAPOT AND COVER (THIRE 'CALABRE')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter F for 1758, painter's mark of a sword for Evans, incised 2
Finely painted in colours with vignettes of exotic birds in landscapes, the spout and cover with birds in flight, within gilt dentil rims
5in. (12.7cm.) high
Provenance
William P. Harbeson, Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, 4 April 1972, lot 214

Lot Essay

Etienne Evans, bird painter at Svres 1752-75 and 1778-1806

For a discussion on the differences between the thire 'Verdun' and the thire 'Calabre' see Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, p.577.