A Sèvres hard-paste porcelain ice pail (seau a...
A Sèvres hard-paste porcelain ice pail (seau a glace) with liner and cover c.1770-86, decorated in a roses et mosaïque pattern with scattered pink roses and honeycomb panels of gilt dots in a stylized oeil de perdrix design, crowned puce interlaced Ls mark, 19.5cm high. (3) Provenance: a private collection from Dorset. Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. II, No. 74-7 for a discussion of a service (one of many) of this type. Peters mentions a group of wares in this pattern, assembled from different services, sold at Sotheby~s on 23rd July 1937 from the comte de Greffuhle Collection, of which this was part.
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A Sèvres hard-paste porcelain ice pail (seau a glace) with liner and cover c.1770-86, decorated in a roses et mosaïque pattern with scattered pink roses and honeycomb panels of gilt dots in a stylized oeil de perdrix design, crowned puce interlaced Ls mark, 19.5cm high. (3) Provenance: a private collection from Dorset. Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. II, No. 74-7 for a discussion of a service (one of many) of this type. Peters mentions a group of wares in this pattern, assembled from different services, sold at Sotheby~s on 23rd July 1937 from the comte de Greffuhle Collection, of which this was part.