THE AUGUSTUS COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT FRENCH AND CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN
A SCEAUX PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED DEJEUNER
CIRCA 1750-1760
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Price Realised USD 5,040
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USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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The Sceaux manufactory was established in the Paris region in 1748 by Jacques Chapelle. Though its faience production is well known, there are far fewer examples of their porcelain creations, and to have an entire porcelain tea set by the manufactory is quite rare. For a related flower-encrusted socketed cup and saucer by Sceaux, see E.A. Williams, ed., Daily Pleasures, French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection, Los Angeles, 2012, pp. 334-335, no. 110.
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Most of the pieces in good condition; typical tiny chips to the applied flowers and foliage; the cream-jug with its handle repaired and associated cracks to the body (restored by a clever professional); the sugar-bowl with two small restored chips with associated spray; the teapot cover sprayed, under strong light it appears to be related to a small restored rim chip, and with one petal to the finial detached but present.
A teapot and cover-- 51⁄2 in. (14 cm.) high, 7in. (17.8 cm.) wide A sugar-bowl and cover-- 43⁄8 in. (11.2 cm.) high, 33⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) diameter A cream-jug-- 35⁄8 in. (9.3 cm.) high, 31⁄4 in. (8.3 cm.) wide Two cups and socketed saucers-- 23⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high, 33⁄4 in. (9.6 cm.) wide, the teacups; 47⁄8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter, the saucers
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Lot 680Sale 22806
CIRCA 1750-1760A SCEAUX PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED DEJEUNEREstimate: USD 3,000 - 5,000
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