Lot 160
  • 160

A Sèvres part déjeuner (déjeuner losange) dated 1770

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • the tray with incised marks DU, both saucers with incised t or 7, the sugar bowl with incised 6 or b 5, the base of one cup with incised mark G and two dots in blue
  • the tray 34.5cm., 13½in. wide
painted in the manner of André-Vincent Vielliard, with garden implements and other rustic items, set in stylised landscapes, reserved on a pale blue pointillé ground, comprising a tray (plateau losange à anses), two cups and saucers (gobelets Bouillard et soucoupes), a milk jug (pot à lait à trois pieds), and a sugar bowl (pot à sucre Hébert) (handle on sugar bowl later replacement)

Condition

the ring handle on cover of sugar bowl is a later replacement
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