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A large Sèvres blue-ground teapot and cover (Theière 'calabre'), dated 1791 image 1
A large Sèvres blue-ground teapot and cover (Theière 'calabre'), dated 1791 image 2
Lot 193*

A large Sèvres blue-ground teapot and cover (Theière 'calabre'), dated 1791

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

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A large Sèvres blue-ground teapot and cover (Theière 'calabre'), dated 1791

Each side reserved with a tooled gilt-edged panel, finely painted by Pierre Massy with a parrot in a landscape on one side and a still life with fruit and flowers on the other, gilt scrollwork borders to the rims in between circular monochrome panels depicting trees, the spout and handle heightened in gilding, the cover applied with a fruit finial, 14cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter OO, painter's mark for Massy and gilder's mark for Vandé fils, incised marks (tiny chip to tip of spout) (2)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 17 - 18 November 1999, lot 222;
Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private Collection

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