The ABC of collecting old continental pottery (1913)
Blacker, J. F · London, S. Paul & Co. · leaf 84
66' OLD CONTINENTAL POTTERV^ Sceaux The manufactory at Sceaux used its name, or an anchor, as a mark, sometimes with the letters SP for Sceaux-Pen- thii^vre. The Duke of Penthi^vre, High Admiral of France, was at one time the patron of the works which were founded about the middle of the eighteenth… … Jardiniere or flower-holder, painted with scenes in the enamel colours of the muffle oven. pieces have been classified as Sceaux. Amongst other faience these may be distinguished by the fineness of the paste and the clearness of the enamel as well as by the ele- gance of their forms and the charm…
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