A SAINT-CLOUD SILVER-MOUNTED MELON-FORM WHITE TEAPOT CIRCA 1735

molded with trailing prunus branches, the cover chained to the spout and handle and applied with a floral knop, mounts applied with the décharge mark of Hubert Louvet, Paris, 1732-1738.

Elizabeth Park Firestone Collection
Christie's New York, March 21, 1991, lot 18

Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, no. 363 (exhibited as Mennecy porcelain)

Ruth Berges, "Mennecy Porcelains from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection," The Connoisseur, April 1969, pl. 1

Please note that the porcelain has not been examined beneath the mounts. There is a very minor chip to the edge of the florette and the branch of the knop. There is a small patch along the side of the spout where the glaze has not taken, visible in the online catalogue illustration.
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