Manufacture De Boissettes - Porcelain Sauceboat Or Sugar Bowl With Floral Decoration - Louis XVI Period

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Gravy boat or sugar bowl
Painted hard porcelain, enhanced with gilding
Dimensions : L. 23 (cm.)
Signed in blue underglaze on the base
Boissettes, circa 1776 - 1781

Charming sugar bowl and lid, oblong and finely scalloped. The lip is indented at one point to accommodate a spoon. Decorated with seeded bunches of flowers, the contours filleted in gilt. The lid has a flower-like grip.

The Boissettes factory
This town on the outskirts of Melun was first home to an earthenware factory in 1733. With the potential for marketing kaolin, it diversified into the production of hard porcelain from 1776. However, due to a lack of profitability, it ceased trading in 1781. These 5 years have left refined and rare objects for lovers of 18th century porcelain.

Condition report: superb condition, with firing cracks in the bottom.