Sale 5510
Paris
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16 - 17 April 2008
Price realised
EUR 6,850
Estimate
PAIRE D'ECUELLES, LEUR COUVERCLE ET LEUR PRESENTOIR EN PORCELAINE TENDRE DE MENNECY DU XVIIIEME SIECLE CIRCA 1750-70, MARQUES EN CREUX D,V ET A; D,V; DV ET P A décor polychrome de bouquets de fleurs et fruits, fleurs jetées et insectes, filet bleu et dents de loup or sur les bords, anses en forme d'un double branchage entrecroisé, prise en forme de branchage feuillagé avec fruits, or usé, éclat à une prise, fêlure à une anse, petites usures aux émaux Diamètre des présentoirs: 18,5 cm. (7¼ in.) (6)
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Literature
Pour l'un de ces deux exemples: Aymé Darblay, Villeroy, son passé, sa fabrique de porcelaine, son état actuel, Corbeil, 1901, pl.XXXII.
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