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A VINCENNES GILT WHITE POMMADE-POT, COVER AND STAND (POT A TOILETTE, SA COUVERCLE ET SOUCOUPE)

CIRCA 1753, GILT INTERLACED L'S MARK ENCLOSING A DOT, INCISED CP TO BOWL

Details

A VINCENNES GILT WHITE POMMADE-POT, COVER AND STAND (POT A TOILETTE, SA COUVERCLE ET SOUCOUPE)
Circa 1753, gilt interlaced L's mark enclosing a dot, incised cp to bowl
With branch handles and finial, each piece gilt with three vignettes of water fowl in landscapes, gilt dentil rims
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high overall, the pot and cover; 4 7/8 in. (12.3cm.) diameter, the stand (3)

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, Part I; Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 169.

Lot Essay

See Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, p. 157, cat. no. 131 for another in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge identically marked and similarly decorated. A drawing of the model dated 19 February 1753 is retained in the Sèvres archives.

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