Lot Essay
Antoine Capelle, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, patterns, ground colours and feathering and as a gilder, 1745-1787, 1790.
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CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR CAPELLE TO CUP AND STAND, BOTH INCISED 3
Details
A SEVRES BLUE-GROUND MAKE-UP POT, COVER AND STAND (TASSE A TOILETTE, COVERCLE ET SOUCOUPE)
Circa 1765, blue interlaced L's mark and painter's mark for Capelle to cup and stand, both incised 3
Painted in alternate stripes of shaded puce columns entwined with gilt 'rope' and with blue berried vine, the blue border gilt with stylized half-flowerheads, gilt dental rim
5in. (12.7cm.) diameter (2)
Circa 1765, blue interlaced L's mark and painter's mark for Capelle to cup and stand, both incised 3
Painted in alternate stripes of shaded puce columns entwined with gilt 'rope' and with blue berried vine, the blue border gilt with stylized half-flowerheads, gilt dental rim
5in. (12.7cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Arts of France, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1997, lot 222