Precious Porcelain
A beautifully painted Milk Jug by Sevres. lovely moulded floral stems coming from the handle and base moving upwards to painted flowers divided by a triangular chequered pattern within cartouches. Has the factory mark enclosing the date letter G for 1760 and the painter's mark S for Pierre-Antoine Méreaud (active 1754-91). The pattern of trelliswork decoration was called 'mosaïque' in the Sèvres manufactory's archives. In 1760 Louis XV presented a dinner service of this pattern, painted with birds rather than flowers, to the Elector Palatine which is displayed in the Bayerisches National museum and the Residenz Museum in Munich.
Condition: No Faults
Sevres Porcelain Floral Moulded Milk Jug 1759-1760
Precio habitual
£1,995.00
Sevres Porcelain Floral Moulded Milk Jug 1759-1760
A beautifully painted Milk Jug by Sevres. lovely moulded floral stems coming from the handle and base moving upwards to painted flowers divided by a triangular chequered pattern within cartouches. Has the factory mark enclosing the date letter G for 1760 and the painter's mark S for Pierre-Antoine Méreaud (active 1754-91). The pattern of trelliswork decoration was called 'mosaïque' in the Sèvres manufactory's archives. In 1760 Louis XV presented a dinner service of this pattern, painted with birds rather than flowers, to the Elector Palatine which is displayed in the Bayerisches National museum and the Residenz Museum in Munich.
Condition: No Faults
Size: 10cm high