A Necessaire de Voyage
Counsinet Ambroise
- Art Funded
- 1981
- Dimensions
- 11.2 x 17.4 cm
- Vendor
- Winifred Williams
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.
Provenance
David Weil, Mme L H Bouilhet, E A Phillips.