A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'BOUILLOTTE'), CIRCA 1779, IRON-RED CROWNED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB, PAINTER'S MARK FOR P. PARPETTE, INCISED AP

A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER (THEIERE 'BOUILLOTTE')
CIRCA 1779, IRON-RED CROWNED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB, PAINTER'S MARK FOR P. PARPETTE, INCISED AP
Finely painted with loose bouquets and flower sprigs in resist against the gold-ground, a band of colorful scrollwork at the rim, the stylized dolphin spout above purple fluting, surmounted by a silver-gilt and wooden bail handle, the side hinges modeled as interlaced L's rather than as a lyre, as is usual for a bouillotte
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Likely the example ordered by Marie-Antoinette or Louis XVI in 1779.
The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort Collection; Christie's, London, March 1890.
The Wright Collection.
The Bragge Collection.
The Hector Binney Collection; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1989, lot 146.