BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E FOR 1757-1758, PAINTER'S MARK MOST PROBABLY FOR FOUR TO BOTH, BOTH INCISED J (SCRIPT)
Details
A PAIR OF SEVRES PINK GROUND CUP STANDS (PLATEAU 'A TIROIR')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter E for 1757-1758, painter's mark most probably for Four to both, both incised J (script)
Each square tray with everted sides painted with a flower spray reserved on the pink ground within paired gilt bands forming a canted square, the edge of the basin and rim gilt
4.1/8in. (10.4cm.) square (2)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter E for 1757-1758, painter's mark most probably for Four to both, both incised J (script)
Each square tray with everted sides painted with a flower spray reserved on the pink ground within paired gilt bands forming a canted square, the edge of the basin and rim gilt
4.1/8in. (10.4cm.) square (2)
Provenance
The Honorable Jack Michelham; Sotheby & Co., London, 6 July 1966, lot 119 (Plumb no. 53)(price? to Winifred Williams)
Mr. & Mrs. Deane Johnson, Bel Air, California; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 9 December 1972, lot 15 (Plumb no. 87) (Price to Winifred Williams)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., nos. 53 and 87
Mr. & Mrs. Deane Johnson, Bel Air, California; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 9 December 1972, lot 15 (Plumb no. 87) (Price to Winifred Williams)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., nos. 53 and 87
Exhibited
Geneva, Muse Ariana (the Michelham example)
London, Christie's, Fanfare For Europe, British Art Market Exhibition, January 1973, no.180 (the Johnson example)
London, Winifred Williams, Eighteenth Century French Porcelain, 3-20 July 1978, no. 40 (the Michelham example)
London, Christie's, Fanfare For Europe, British Art Market Exhibition, January 1973, no.180 (the Johnson example)
London, Winifred Williams, Eighteenth Century French Porcelain, 3-20 July 1978, no. 40 (the Michelham example)