CIRCA 1753, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF AN F

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A VINCENNES SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER (POT A SUCRE 'A CERCEAUX' OU 'A CUVIER')
Circa 1753, unidentified painter's mark of an F
Of flaring cylindrical form, painted with scattered flower sprays and blossoms between moulded bands enriched with blue lines and gilt dashes, the domed cover with bracket finial and similarly painted
5in.(12.7cm.) diameter

Provenance

With M.G. Lefebvre, Paris
With Armin B. Allen, Inc., New York, June 1985

Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origins de Sèvres, 14 October 1977 - 16 January 1978, no. 184

Lot Essay

The Sèvres archive retains a drawing dated 19 February 1753 that corresponds to the present form, describing it as an accompanyment to both a gobelet 'à cuvier' and a gobelet 'à cerceau.'
According to David Peters, the painter's mark of a block-like F located at a distance from the factory mark such as that on the present example is found on pieces dated 1754-1758 and decorated with flowers, figures and trophies. Cf. David Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on C18 Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, privately printed, 1997, pp. 34, 81.

See illustr5ation on page 7.

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