PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE VISCOUNT WIMBORNE
AN ASSEMBLED VINCENNCES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PART TEA SERVICE
1755-56, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS B & C, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR DENIS LEVE AND VINCENT TAILLANDIER, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALS
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Price Realised GBP 12,600
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GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000
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Closed: 9 Apr 2025
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AN ASSEMBLED VINCENNCES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PART TEA SERVICE
1755-56, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS B & C, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR DENIS LEVE AND VINCENT TAILLANDIER, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALS
A similar service of the same date, also decorated by Denis Levé was in the Elizabeth Staffordshire Collection, sold Christie's, New York, 1 November 2018, lot 1091. A similar teapot, also dated 1755, is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (museum no. 47.35. 9a-b).
Denis Levé was a painter of flowers, patterns and birds at the Sèvres manufactory from 1754-93 and 1795-1805. Vincent Taillandier was a painter of flowers and ground patterns at the Sèvres manufactory from 1753 to 1790.
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1755-56, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS B & C, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR DENIS LEVE AND VINCENT TAILLANDIER, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALSAN ASSEMBLED VINCENNCES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PART TEA SERVICEEstimate: GBP 7,000 - 10,000
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Teapot - lacking cover, small flat chip to edge of footrim. Marked with date letter C and painter's L mark for Denis Levé, incised 3. Coffee-pot and cover - Marked with date letter C and painter's mark for Denis Levé, incised 4. Small chip to the tip of the cover (at spout) and minute chipping to flower finial. Sugar bowl and cover - marked with date letter C and painter's mark for Denis Levé, incised I. Minor chipping to finial, small chip to underside of cover, Six cups and saucers - Four cups marked with date letter C and painter's mark for Denis Levé, two with date letter B, one with painter's fleur-de-lys mark for Vincent Taillandier and another with painter's mark for Denis Levé, various incised marks. Three saucers with date letter C and painter's mark for Denis Levé, two with date letter B and painter's fleur-de-lys mark for Vincent Taillandier (one of these is extensively cracked and restuck) and one saucer has date letter B and painter's mark for Denis Levé. Very minor wear and very slight rubbing to gilding overall.
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Lot 307Sale 23865
1755-56, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS B & C, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR DENIS LEVE AND VINCENT TAILLANDIER, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALSAN ASSEMBLED VINCENNCES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PART TEA SERVICEEstimate: GBP 7,000 - 10,000
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