Sèvres jug with lilac ground and mauve camaieu decoration, 1829-30

 

Pot à crème étrusque Fragonard

Height 5.8 cm

Printed crowned interlaced Cs mark surrounded by the words “DECORE A SEVRES”, mark in gilding M 3jt, M being the gilder’s mark, and 3jt standing for 3 July

A jug of this shape is in the Royal Collection, dating from 1818, with a dark blue ground and decoration of two cows in gilding heightened with brown paint (Bellaigue catalogue no. 294, vol. III, p. 1030) (not visible on website).

(4513)

£4,500

 
John Whitehead