A Sèvres Powdered Pale Blueish Grey-Ground Hexagonal Hard-Paste Porcelain Teapot and Cover (Théière 'Chinois Fragonard')
Sale 1157 - Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I
Mar 15, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$5,000 -
7,000
Price Realized
$18,900
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Lot Description
A Sèvres Powdered Pale Blueish Grey-Ground Hexagonal Hard-Paste Porcelain Teapot and Cover (Théière 'Chinois Fragonard')
Circa 1819-1820
bearing stenciled blue interlaced Ls enclosing a fleur-de-lis with incised kiln date cypher 19-10 for October 1819 and gilt m 24 Mr 20 for an unknown gilder on 24 March 1820; the hexagonal baluster pot with conforming slightly domed hexagonal cover with gilt coral flower finial, a molded gilt-edged central frieze painted in coral red with a key pattern, the applied upright loop handle also coral with stylized gilt leaf terminals, the angled faceted spout with gilt wolf-head mouth with a bell suspended as the terminal, the neck of the pot coral with a gilt ball resting at the angle of each of the six facets.
Height 5 1/2 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Provenance:
Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, 16 June 2001 (with copy of invoice)
Note:
The present teapot was likely gilt by Jean-Louis Moyer (active 1818-1848), recorded at Sèvres as a gilder and using a wide capital M as his mark.
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