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Mennecy Sugar Bowl, Sifter and Stand
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Back
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1755
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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A rare Mennecy sugar bowl and cover, painted with large bouquets and sprays of flowers. Together with associated Mennecy sugar sifter, painted with puce scrolling and sprays of flowers, and a Mennecy shaped and fluted stand.
Marked with an incised DV. (sugar sifter is not marked).
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Condition
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Small, restored chip to edge of inside of the cover.
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Literature
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Museum: V&A Museum, London, for a similar shape of this rare form.
Literature: W.B. Honey French Porcelain of the 18th Century, cover illustration and colour Plate D, p. 21, where Honey notes on this iconic shape; “among exceptional forms maybe noted a graceful shell shaped sugar basin with the valute cover.”
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