A Sèvres Republican teapot and cover c.1794-1800, painted by Jean-Jacques Dieu with chinoiserie figure scenes in the manner of Pillement, reserved within gilt borders on a puce faux porphyry ground, the shoulder with purple monochrome scrolls linking military motifs on a yellow ground, blue script RF monogram and Sèvres mark, blue painter's mark, repairs to the handle and cover, 20.5cm across. (2) Provenance: purchased from John Whitehead, 12th March 1989.