SEVRES 1779 French Soft-Paste Porcelain
A Small 18th Century Sèvres Soft-Paste Porcelain Coffee Can. Decorated in the Neo-Classical Style with Swags of Laurel and Garlands of Garden Flowers with Sprigs of Further Flowers. The Base Marked with Interlaced LLs for Sevres, a Date Letter Code `bb` for 1779. Painters Mark `nq` and Incised Marks .
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- Condition
- Perfect.
- Size
- Height : 4.7 cm (1 3/4 inches)
- Provenance
- The base with an old French collector`s label.
- Stock number
- 22039
- References
- For a plate decorated in a similar style by Niquet see our `Sold` items stock number 21558.
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Information
Niquet, A Painter at Sèvres :
Niquet, first name unknown, who worked at Sevres from 1764 to 1792. Niquet was a painter of fruit and flowers. He also worked on the Catherine the Great service. Information from : Sevres Porcelain (Erikson and De Bellaigue, Faber and Faber, 1987) 161.