Painted with spiralling colourful flower garlands, suspended from gilt vine, within tooled gilt lobed borders and gilt dentil rims, comprising:
A teapot (théière 'calabre') 3⁵⁄₈ in. (9 cm.) high
A hot milk jug and cover (pot à lait 'Hébert' et couvercle) 5¹⁄₄ in. (13.3 cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (sucre à 'bouret' et couvercle) 3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.2cm.) high
Six cups and saucers (gobelets 'Hébert' et soucoupes 'à cinq pans ronds')

Possibly acquired by Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895), formerly Guest,
thence by descent to the present owner.

For further information on the collection of the Viscounts Wimborne please visit the tab ‘The Wimborne Collection’ on the main sale page.

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Lot Essay

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.