A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ÉCUELLE 'ROND TOURNÉE' ET PLATEAU 'OVALE')

The Property of A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR

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A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ÉCUELLE 'ROND TOURNÉE' ET PLATEAU 'OVALE')
INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S FB FOR BARRAT, GILDER'S B FOR BOULANGER

Of circular form with branch finial and handles, painted with oval panels of baskets of flowers reserve within ciselé gilt borders, the rims gilt with concentric bands of variant vines and garlands (minor wear to gilt line edge of stand)--8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) long, the stand (2)

Provenance

G. Winthrop Brown, New Hampshire
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

François-Marie Barrat was active at Sèvres as a prolific painter of baskets of fruit and flowers 1769-1791.

Jean-Pierre Boulanger (Boulanger Père) was active at Sèvres as a gilder 1754-1784.

Cf. Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of the Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, pp. 642-667 for an in-depth discussion of the various versions in which Sèvres produced this popular broth or soup bowl, cover and stand used in the 18th century during the lengthy toilette