P143 - MENNECY MUSTARD POT, COVER AND FIXED STAND

 

Circa 1750

Painted with floral sprays, puce line rims

(cracked)

3 ½ in. (8.9 cm) high 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm) long

 

LITERATURE

Cleo M. and G. Ryland Scott Jr., Antique Porcelain Digest, Newport, England, 1961, p. 194, plate 117, fig. 411.

 

EXHIBITION

On display in the Scott-Allen Collection at The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia from 1976 until 1996

 

On display in the “George Ryland Scott Collection” in The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from June 1955 until May 1960.

 

NOTES BY CLEO M. AND G. RYLAND SCOTT, JR in the late 1950’s

Mennecy Mustard Pot-C.1750.

This typical Mennecy Mustard Pot of the best period was purchased at Versailles France, from Marcel Poulet,3 Rue Colbert. The barrel is a part of the stand.  The cover has a cut out place for a spoon.  The decoration is polychrome floral in the colours so typical of Mennecy of the best period.  The edges are out in the claret colour used at this factory in lieu of gold which was forbidden by Louis XV. Size 6 X 4-1/2 inches.