A rare Vincennes mustard pot (baril à moutard) circa 1747-48

the cylindrical body tapering to the top and bottom, encircled with three moulded reeded bands, finely painted with scattered sprays and sprigs of flowers, brown-edged rim, applied with a scroll handle embellished in puce

The Armin B. Allen Collection 
The Isaacson Collection

 

Small restored rim chip, visible in photograph approximately 10 x 3 mm although the area sprayed to the outside is slightly larger. There is some pitting to the glaze also visible on photograph and some minor wear to the rim.
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A similar example is illustrated in T. Préaud, A. d'Albis La Porcelaine de Vincennes, p. 135, pl. 70