A SÈVRES SCALLOP-SHELL DISH FROM AN OYSTER-STAND

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A SÈVRES SCALLOP-SHELL DISH FROM AN OYSTER-STAND
Circa 1760

Naturally modelled with blue enamel feuilles-de-choux border and gilt rim, pierced
3in. (7.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

For four oyster-stands from which this 'coquille d'huitre' belongs see Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain in Palazzo Pitti, no. 26, pp. 60 & 61. A further two oyster-stands were in Lord Rosebery's Collection, sale Sotheby's Mentmore, 24 May 1977, lots 2071 & 2072

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