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A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND TEA SERVICE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE A JOUR A ANSES')
Lot 169

A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND TEA SERVICE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE A JOUR A ANSES')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M FOR 1765, THE STYLE OF THE L'S THAT OF THE NOTED PAINTER ARMAND L'AINE

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND TEA SERVICE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE A JOUR A ANSES')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M FOR 1765, THE STYLE OF THE L'S THAT OF THE NOTED PAINTER ARMAND L'AINE
Painted with pairs of exotic birds in landscapes reserved on a green ground gilt with entwined vines; comprising:
A lozenge-shaped tray (plateau 'losange')
A teapot and cover (théière 'Calabre')
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Hébert')
Two cups and saucers (goblet 'Hébert' et soucoupes) (9)

Hermine Feist Collection, Berlin.
The Distinguished Collection of a Lady; Sotheby's, Zurich, 9 December 1997, lot 121.

Specialist note

Louis-Denis Armand l'âiné is recorded as a painter of birds, animals, landscapes and figures at the factory from 1745 to 1788.