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Théière Calabre
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Méreaud, Pierre-Antoine
Soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover, decorated in underglaze blue, polychome enamels, and gilded, with a pattern of wavy-edged diagonal ribbons alternating with sprays of flowers.
Soft-paste porcelain, thown and moulded, decorated with underglaze blue (bleu lapis), blue, two shades of green, yellow, dark pink, orange-red, purple, and grey enamels, and gilding. Ovoid body with gently curving spout and ear-shaped handle, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a knob in the shape of a flower on a stem with leaves. The pot and cover are decorated with bleu lapis scalloped ribbons edged in gold, which fall diagonally from the knob of the lid to the base of the body. The ribbons are decorated in gold with elongated scrolls, rocaille 'frills' and tendrils. The white zones between them, and the spout are decorated with sprays of polychrome flowers. The floral knob is pink with gold leaves. There are bands of gilding round the foot, round the junction of the spout and body and down the sides of the handle, which also has strokes at the top, a group of four petals, and dots of graduated sizedown the back.
History note: The Collection of the Countess of Chesterfield; sold Christie's 1886. INSERT SALE TITLE Mallet & Sons,40 New Bond Street, London W1 from whom purchased by Louis C.G. Clarke and given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Height: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1948-02-24) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Mid#
Louis XV
Production date:
AD 1757
: The teapot bears the date letter for 1757
The théière calabre was the most common teapot form made at Sèvres. It was in production by December 1752, and was being made in two sizes by 1753. Eventually there were five sizes, but these were not clearly identified by the factory. Savill (Documentation 1988) divided them into six size groups A-F, of which this example is size E about 8.9 to 10.5 cm.
This style of decoration was described as 'rubans à dentelle' or 'a rubans'. Variants of it were fashionable between 1756 and 1759 especially with green ribbons, but also with bleu lapis, and rose.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( bleu lapis)
enamels
( blue, two shades of green, yellow, dark pink, orange-red, and grey)
gold
Cover
Diameter 4.5 cm
Handle-spout
Length 14.1 cm
Body
Handle And Spout
Inscription present: above the factory mark
Inscription present: 'd' over a line, '4 x'
Inscription present: entry from a sale catalogue
Accession number: C.2 & A-1948
Primary reference Number: 93537
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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