A PAIR OF SEVRES GLASS COOLERS FROM THE 'CHARLOTTE LOUISE SERVICE' (SEAUX A VERRES 'ORDINAIRE')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, ONE INCISED D

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A PAIR OF SEVRES GLASS COOLERS FROM THE 'CHARLOTTE LOUISE SERVICE' (SEAUX A VERRES 'ORDINAIRE')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, one incised D
Of circular lobed form with scalloped rim, painted with putti in clouds above a crown of roses surmounting the entwined initials CL, the blue border gilt with berried laurel edged in foliate scrolls and suspending berried leaves
4in. (10.7cm.) high, 6in. (15.9cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

With Winifred Williams, 5 April 1983

Sale room notice

Although the date letter 'U' is for the year in which the service is recorded as having been made and delivered and the service did include seau of the present lobed form, the decoration appears to be of later date and probably from the same workshop as that found on lot 56.

Lot Essay

The present seaux were made for a service given by Louis XV to Queen Marie-Caroline of Naples and the Two-Sicilies upon the birth of her daughter Charlotte Louise for whom the king stood as godfather. Examples from the service are in the collections of the Louvre and the Muse des Arts Decoratifs. Cf. Versailles et les tables royales en Europe, XVIIme-XXIXme sicles, exhibition catalogue, Muse National des Chteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Paris, 1993, p. 338.

The decoration is a variation of that originally conceived for a service supplied to Mme Du Barry in 1771. For a pair of half-bottle coolers from this service, see lot 56 in this sale.

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