Lot 251
  • 251

An assembled pair of St. Cloud white seaux à liqueur ronds circa 1735

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • ceramics
  • heights 4 3/4 in. and 5 1/8 in.
  • 12.1 cm and 13 cm
each molded on the front and reverse with leafy flowering plants between a fluted rim, the sides with grotesque mask handles, incised STt C marks.

Condition

The larger cooler has an approximate 1/5-inch chip to the rim edge, showing mostly on the interior of the rim. Otherwise in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

A similar seau is illustrated in W. B. Honey, French Porcelain of the 18th Century, pl. 9; and another by Inès d'Ormesson, L'Argus des Faïences et Porcelaines de France, p. 220.