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Lot 181*

A Sèvres small green-ground teapot and cover (théière 'calabre'), circa 1760

6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,737.50 inc. premium

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A Sèvres small green-ground teapot and cover (théière 'calabre'), circa 1760

Decorated by Jean-Baptiste Tandart l'aîné with diagonal green-ground ribbons heightened with gilt scrollwork, alternating with bands of floral garlands, the spout also painted with floral garlands, the handle heightened in gilding, the cover similarly decorated and applied with a flower finial, 10.3cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter g(?) and painter's mark ... for Tandart in blue, incised mark (minuscule chip to tip of spout) (2)

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Provenance:
Collection Edouard Chappey (paper label to inside of teapot), Galerie Georges Petit, 27-31 May 1907, lot. 1108;
The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, part I, sold Christie's New York, 22 March 1991;
Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private Collection

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