Bonhams 1793 : A Sèvres teapot and cover, circa 1761

Théière 'Calabre', the neck with a green-ground arched band edged with gilt foliate scrolls and wreaths, finely painted by Cornailles with pendent flower swags and trailing flowers around the spout, a tent-like green-ground border around the footrim edged with gilt foliage, the cover similarly decorated with a flower finial, 11.5cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter I and painter's mark in blue, incised d (2)

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance:
Hugh Burton-Jones, acquired in the 1930s or 1940s;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Mrs. K. Gifford-Scott;
Property of the Executors of the Late Mrs. K. Gifford-Scott, sold by Sotheby's London, 12 June 1984, lot 185;
With Michele Beiny, New York;
The Mingledorff-Mitchell Collection

From a déjeuner of which part is in the Museo Quirinale, Rome. Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles is recorded as a flower painter and gilder at Sèvres between 1755 and 1800.