拍品信息
拍品名称
A Sèvres green-ground mustard pot and cover (moutardier ordinaire), dated 1763
起拍价
GBP 2,000
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Finely painted by P.-N. Pithou (l'aîné) with a loose bouquet of flowers within a gilt floral and foliate scrollwork cartouche, gilt dentil borders to the rims, the cover applied with a flower finial, 8.4cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter K and painter's mark for Pithou (l'aîné), incised SD (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
Probably from the service delivered to Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, secrétaire d'Etat and côntroleur-général des Finances, on 1 May 1763;
Most probably acquired by Peter, 5th Earl Cowper (d. 1836), for Panshanger, Hertfordshire, or by Thomas, 2nd Earl de Grey (d. 1859) for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, and subsequently through de Grey's daughter to Panshanger, and at Panshanger until circa 1953, thence by descent;
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 November 2012, lot 155;
Anon. sale, Bonhams London, 6 December 2023, lot 145
The service delivered to M. Bertin in 1763 included four mustard pots and stands at a price of 60 livres each. See David Peters, , vol. II, 2005, revised edition 2015, pp. 357-359, no. 63-3, for a full discussion of the service.
Condition is not specified in the lot cataloguing. Please request a condition report.
Footnotes
Provenance
Probably from the service delivered to Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, secrétaire d'Etat and côntroleur-général des Finances, on 1 May 1763;
Most probably acquired by Peter, 5th Earl Cowper (d. 1836), for Panshanger, Hertfordshire, or by Thomas, 2nd Earl de Grey (d. 1859) for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, and subsequently through de Grey's daughter to Panshanger, and at Panshanger until circa 1953, thence by descent;
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 November 2012, lot 155;
Anon. sale, Bonhams London, 6 December 2023, lot 145
The service delivered to M. Bertin in 1763 included four mustard pots and stands at a price of 60 livres each. See David Peters, , vol. II, 2005, revised edition 2015, pp. 357-359, no. 63-3, for a full discussion of the service.
Condition is not specified in the lot cataloguing. Please request a condition report.
