Coffee pot
Painted soft porcelain
Engraved mark D.V
Dimensions : H. 11 (cm.)
Mennecy, circa 1760
A very elegant "calabre" pot or teapot. Small in size, it is decorated with bouquets and blue and old rose fillets. The lid has a very fine imitation of a flower.
Probably produced during the Barbin period (between 1754 and 1766) due to the use of a Sèvres form. This piece may therefore have been decorated in Mennecy.
Provenance: Société Industrielle de Mulhouse for over a century, a learned society founded in 1826 by Protestant industrialists, was recognised as being of public utility by a royal decree in 1832.
Bibliography: Tendre porcelaine de Mennecy Villeroy by Nicole Duchon, Maury, 2016
Condition report:
Excellent condition, one very small missing piece on top