18th Century French Faience Fine Sauce Tureen and Cover, the factory also known as Pont-aux-Choux. 

Quatrefoil-moulded with foliage and flowers, the notched cover with triple flower finial, the base on a conforming spreading foot,.

Unmarked. 

6" H. , approximately 8 1/2" W., approximately 4 1/4" H. 

Discoloration to tureen cover.

Genevieve le Duc, "Rue de Charenton Parisian White Earth in the English Manner," International Ceramics Fair Handbook, 1998, pp. 18-25, figure 3, where a similar example is attributed to Rue de Charenton, Paris, France and dated to circa 1745. 

Parallels: Victoria & Albert Museum, C.554 & 554A-1909. 

Provenance:

Bardith Antiques

Jill Fenichell, Inc., 1999

Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York.

Collection #170. 

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