Lot: 2958
Date of sale: 30. Fri Aug 2024
A rare butter dish or sugar bowl, Sevr
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A rare butter dish or sugar bowl, Sevres, year mark for 1773, polychrome painting, the lid and outer wall with medallions of floating putti surrounded by laurel garlands and rose bouquets, altered with rose baskets, cobalt blue rim, ornamental gilding, Ø 20 cm. Lid with holes for mounting a metal handle, probably from a service bought in Paris in 1824 by Francois Benois for King George IV. The receipt states ”Un Service de Porcelaine de Sevres a Cartels d’Enfans et fleurs compose de 131 pieces 400 pounds”
Category: Porcelain Part II
