A Necessaire de Voyage

attributed to Counsinet Ambroise

The Bowes Museum

1775 - 1777

A necessaire de Voyage, a travelling Turkish coffee set for one person, consisting of a cup, saucer and sugar-bowl with lid, all in Sevres porcelain painted by Thevent pere, date marked 1776 and 1777; a small gold coffee pot, a gold spoon, and two glass water phials with gold tops, all with the hallmark of Ambroise Cousinet, Paris 1775. All fitted in a Japanese lacquer box. The whole set contained in a fitted Japanese lacquer box. The sucrier carries the Sevres paper sale label.

• Medium: Sevres porcelain
• Dimensions: 11.2 x 17.4cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3000 ( Total: £12,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1981
• Vendor: Winifred Williams

Provenance

David Weil, Mme L H Bouilhet, E A Phillips.

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