Art Nouveau Sugar Dish from Set

This is an amazing sugar dish made by Sevres in 1923. Made during the Art Deco period but still influences by the Art Nouveau period this is a very rare design and quite stunning. The desiger of the shapes was Louis Georges Claude (project 18-23) and the decoration was designed by Auguste H. Thomas (worked at Sevres between 1920 and 1925) in 1923 using the Petit Feu technique of low temperature firing. A stunning end result! I could only find one other example that did not include the tray but did include six cups and sold for over 70K. Presumably in better shape as well. I wish I had the cups :) The sugar pot has a nice sleek shape to it with a handle to either side and is hand painted with a blue and gold design. Two different shades of blue - one the other peices the darker blue has more of a depth to it but on this sugar dish the glaze is really thick and covers that texture. The piece displays perfectly but the finial was off and badly reglued and the glaze is really thick and thus has some tiny bubbles in it and three or four glaze lines (these are not hairline cracks! and do not go into the porcelain). The piece is marked with the S over 1923 of DN mark in a black rectangle as well as the Decore a Sevres mark under it, the artist signature as well as a gilder's mark and the usual incised marks as shown. The dish is about 4.5 inches tall including the finial, 5.25 inches from handle to handle and has a diameter of 3.5 inches. A really fun sugar pot and not something you'll see again anytime soon! I also have the creamer, sugar dish and tray if anyone wants to own the entire set. Please email me for more information or other pictures.