Lot 250
  • 250

A Sèvres sucrier and cover circa 1760

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • indistinct interlaced Ls, painter's mark for André-Vincent Vielliard père, incised S=10, Wilfrid Evill Collection Label
  • Porcelain
  • 9.5cm., 3¾in.
pot à sucre Bouret of the second size, decorated with a gilded trellis reserved with garden landscapes by Vielliard, including a wheelbarrow and spade, a basket of vegetables and a watering can

Provenance

Purchased from H.E. Backer Antiques, 8th August 1950 for £35.

Condition

There are a few minute typical chips to the applied flower knop. There is also a small chip to the inner rim of the cover, approximately 3mm wide and a firing crack through the cover rim also. The pot has a very little rubbing to the dents de loup gilding on the interior rim. There is a very shallow chip to the footrim below the enamelled wheelbarrow, approximately 4mm wide.
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