The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025
A Chevalier Brothers (Paris) coffee can and saucer, c.1793-99, the can painted with revellers around
A Chevalier Brothers (Paris) coffee can and saucer, c.1793-99, the can painted with revellers around a table, the saucer with a couple dancing, a Paris porcelain can painted with a fisherman, another with two ladies, another with four figures at rest in a garden, another with a figure on horseback, a Boisettes coffee can painted with flowers, and a Paris saucer painted with a cat sniffing a bush, 13cm max. (8)
The scenes on the Chevalier Brothers can and saucer are taken from an engraving by J P Le Bas, after Teniers. Cf. Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain, p.384 for a reference to this can and saucer.