Sevres porcelain tobacco jar and lid, sky-blue ground, 1768
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1768
The vessel features a distinctive sky-blue ground color, serving as a backdrop for a sophisticated decorative program. The design incorporates elongated oval medallions with gilt edges, which are framed by formal and foliate gilt borders.
Within these panels, the jar is painted alternately with long, hanging floral and leaf motifs and delicate hanging bell-shaped flowers. The matching lid is decorated with a similarly refined style. The piece measures 15.2 cm in height, with a diameter of approximately 9 cm. It bears the iconic Sèvres mark of an interlaced blue monogram 'LL' surrounding the date letter 'P', indicating its year of origin. Additionally, the jar displays the painter's mark attributed to J.-B.
Tandart the elder, along with various incised marks characteristic of Sèvres production. This object represents a fine example of 18th-century French ceramic artistry, showcasing the meticulous gilding and hand-painted floral details for which the Sèvres manufactory is celebrated.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Height
- 15.2 cm
- Diameter
- 9 cm
- Material
- porcelain
Technical characteristics
- Marks
- interlaced blue monogram LL with date letter P, painter's mark for J.-B. Tandart, incised marks
Design
- Ground color
- sky-blue
- Ornamentation
- elongated oval medallions with gilt edges, formal and foliate gilt borders, hanging floral and leaf motifs, bell-shaped flowers
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Sèvres
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.