Detail
Sevres antique porcelain
A Sèvres sucrier and cover or pot à sucre Calabre, painted with consumate skill by Francois le Vavasseur with bouquets and sprigs of flowers in glowing naturalistic colours.
Date letter Q for 1769
Ht: 4.25", 10.25 cm

Ref: A. Dawson, Fench Porcelain, a Catalogue of the british Museum Collection, no. 95 for a smaller example.


This is the second size of the three in which this form, which was devised by Pierre Calabre in 1752, was made.




Sevres antique porcelain
Sevres antique porcelain
Sevres antique porcelain