A SCEAUX PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED DEJEUNER

CIRCA 1750-1760

Details

Of lobed form, each piece painted and applied with flowers, comprising:
A teapot and cover
A sugar-bowl and cover
A cream-jug
Two cups and socketed saucers
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, the teapot
Provenance

Ancienne Collection Darblay; Christie's, Paris, 16 April 2008, lot 352.
Literature

E.A. Williams, ed., Daily Pleasures, French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection, Los Angeles, 2012, p. 332, fig. 149.


Lot Essay

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.