Lot 260
  • 260

A Sèvres glass cooler 1766, the decoration probably of later date

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • spurious marks: interlaced Ls enclosing date letter N for 1766, painter's mark of a triangle with a dot in the centre for Antoine Buteux le jeune, Wilfrid Evill Collection Label
  • Porcelain
  • 10.3cm., 4in.
seau à verre painted with enfants camaïeu chairs coloriés, children in landscapes in blue monochrome with flesh tones 

Condition

There is a little rubbing to the gilded line around the footrim.
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