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Three Sèvres Feuilles-de-choux teacups and saucers, circa 1767-74
Footnotes
Provenance:
From the collection of the Earls of Spencer, sold by Christie's London, The Althorp Attic Sale, 7-8 July 2010, lot 658
Literature:
Perhaps W.B. Honey, Catalogue of the Porcelain and Pottery both Oriental and European in the Collection of Earl Spencer at Althorp, 1937, no. 454
Jean-Baptist Tandart was at the Sèvres factory from 1754-1800, and was one of the factories longest serving flower painters.
The family seat of the Earls of Spencer is Althorp in Northamptonshire. The family estate includes significant land holdings in other parts of the country, including the village of North Creake in Norfolk. Diana, Princess of Wales was the youngest of three daughters of the 8th Earl Spencer.
