Lot 23
A Sèvres Pink-Ground Porcelain Footed Cream Jug (Pot-à-Lait 'à Trois Pieds', 3ème Grandeur)
Estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $3,780

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Sèvres Pink-Ground Porcelain Footed Cream Jug (Pot-à-Lait 'à Trois Pieds', 3ème Grandeur)
Circa 1758-1760
of baluster form with a branch handle and three feet, decorated with gilt-enriched sprigged flowers issuing from each foot, a gilt-edged painted bow-tied trellis enclosing flowerheads and with a gilt dentil rim.
Height 3 1/2 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
John Whitehead, London, no. 9, 13 June 1997 (purchased at the International Ceramics Fair, London; with copy of invoice)

Note:
A sugar bowl and cover with a pink bow-tied ribbon trellis enclosing flowers (similar to the pattern on the present example) and further reserved with a child in a landscape vignette painted by Viellard and dated circa 1761 is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (791A/1,2-1882).
Condition Report
In good condition with negligible wear to the gilding, traces of a gilt mark to the underside and minute air bubbles. Hard paste porcelain. Additional images available upon request. 

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