Teapot
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1785
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Sèvres
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446294.1
Summary
Sevres teapot, part of a carbaret tea and coffee service, painted with panels of mythological subjects, on a bleu de roi ground within gilt borders of vases and acanthus scroll. The cover of the teapot, 446294.2, not matching. Maker's mark - interlaced L's, date letter for 1785, painter's mark for Dodin, LG gilder's mark, probably for Le Guay.
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark - interlaced L's, date letter for 1785, painter's mark for Dodin, LG gilder's mark, probably for Le Guay.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734 - 1803), artist Étienne Charles Le Guay (1762 – Paris 1846), gilder