Lot 169
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A VINCENNES SMALL ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND

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A VINCENNES SMALL ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1753, GOLD INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING A DOT

With branch handles and finial and vignettes of birds in landscapes in white and gold finely ciselé and gilt dentil rims (finial restored, restored chips to rim and cover)--4¾in. (12cm.) diam., the stand

Lot Essay

This is one of the earliest examples of this shape and corresponds closely to the example in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs which has a trembleuse saucer and lacks its cover. See Préaud and Fäy-Hallé fig. 309 for a similar example.