Sèvres Soft-Paste Porcelain Oviform Tea Pot, 1785

An elegant “Théière Calabre” oviform teapot made by the Sèvres Manufactory in 1785, with interlaced “L” marks enclosing “HH” for the year. Each side features a finely painted oval reserve: one showing a dragoon leaning on a tree stump in a pastoral landscape, the other a soldier in blue playfully flirting with a lady beside a barrel. The background is decorated in a celadon pointillé ground with richly tooled gilt cartouches, likely gilded by a member of the Wedinger family.

Height: 13.5 cm
Date: 1785

Overall in good condition. Minor, invisible restoration to the finial and the tip of the spout, not affecting display or visual appreciation.