RARE BUTTER DISH AND BUTTER TRAY

A circular, lidded soft-paste porcelain butter dish, decorated in polychrome with birds in flight within medallions framed by garlands of flowers, insects and gold clasps on a lapis blue ground, with gold serrated borders. Marked on the underside with interlaced LLs, a blue dot and a sunken mark 4 (?). Vincennes Manufactory, 18th century, circa 1750–1753. Height: 6.1 cm – Diameter: 10.6 cm (Minor visible imperfections, including a small chip on the lid) Included is a circular butter dish made of soft porcelain, with a polychrome decoration of birds in medallions on a lapis blue ground. The medallions and borders feature raised gilded foliage and flowers. Gold serrated rim. Underglaze marks: interlaced ‘LL’ and an ampersand (a mark attributed to the painter Michel Socquet), a blue dot and an incised ‘4’ (?). Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, 18th century, circa 1750–1753. Diameter: 20.4 cm (Minor signs of wear)

Estimate:£3,337.01

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