Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A SEVRES PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND POMMADE POT AND A COVER (POT A POMMADE)
Lot 138 A Private Collection of Eighteenth Century Porcelain

A SEVRES PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND POMMADE POT AND A COVER (POT A POMMADE)

CIRCA 1779, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR LA FRANCE, INCISED 3N

Closed9 April 2019

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND POMMADE POT AND A COVER (POT A POMMADE)
CIRCA 1779, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER BB, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR LA FRANCE, INCISED 3N
Finely painted front and back with a bird in a landscape roundel, the gilt surrounds linked by flower swags, gilt ribbons to the sides, the period replacement cover with fruit finial
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

François-Joseph Aloncle was a painter of birds, animals and landscapes active at Sèvres from 1758 to 1781. André-Joseph La France is recorded as a gilder at the manufactory from 1776-1803.