A Mennecy porcelain pot and cover, c.1755, incised DV mark, painted with scattered flower-sprays, the domed hexafoil cover with a purple flower finial, puce line rims, 9cm high   Provenance: The Property of John Kenworthy-Browne FSA.Footnotes: Pots with covers were made in various sizes for use in toilet-sets or as tobacco-jars. For a tobacco-pot in the British Museum, see Aileen Dawson, A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum, London, 1994, pp. 54-55, no. 55.Condition Report: There is some chipping to the petals of the flower finial, and minute and very minor chipping to the foliage of the finial. There is a hairline crack from the rim of the box with some minute associated losses adjacent to the rim. There is some slight wear to the puce rim of the box, which has been re-touched in places.