SCEAUX – RARE TRIPLE CONDIMENT SERVER – 18TH CENTURY – LOUIS XV PERIOD

A vessel intended for serving condiments. Composed of three compartments, with moulded borders around the upper and lower edges. The centre is surmounted by a handle terminating in a fruit-shaped finial.

This form was created at the Vincennes Manufactory in 1753.

White ground decorated with gilt bands around the borders and on the finial. The handle is entwined with a gilt ribbon.

Dimensions : Height 3.43 in (8.7 cm) – Length 3.94 in (10 cm),

Mark : “SX” impressed into the paste for Sceaux,

Condition : PERFECT,

Period : 18th century – Louis XV,

Notes : RARE MODEL – Firing flaws within the porcelain body.

Porcelain pieces produced by the Sceaux Manufactory are exceptionally rare.