Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 207
A Sèvres small green-ground coffee pot and cover (cafetière), circa 1762
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
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Raphael Machiels
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A Sèvres small green-ground coffee pot and cover (cafetière), circa 1762
Of squat baluster form, reserved with a lobed band painted with flower wags tied with blue and crimson ribbons, above swags of gilt palm leaves and acorns on the green ground, the cover with a similar decoration and gilt fruit finial, the turned wooden handle, 9.5cm high, interlaced double L and painter's mark of a fleur de lys for Taillandier (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 16 May 1996, lot 1693
David Peters Collection
With W W Warner Antiques, 2011
Literature
Peters, David, 'Early Sèvres Coffee Pots', The French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol.III, 2007, p.100, fig.1
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.381
Although this form of pot has frequently been referred to as a chocolate pot, research by David Peters has convincingly demonstrated that it is, in fact, a coffee pot. This particular type appears to have been produced at Sèvres from 1761 onward. For a comprehensive discussion, see David Peters, 2007, pp.99–110.
An almost identical coffee pot is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, illustrated by Peters, 2007, p.101, fig.2.
Important Notice to Buyers
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