Lot Essay
Philippe Xhrouet was active at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1750 to 1775.
Details
A SÈVRES BLEU CÉLESTE RECTANGULAR TWO-HANDLED TRAY (PLATEAU COURTEILLE)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER K FOR 1763, PAINTER'S MARK FOR XHROUET AND INCISED BP
The center with pomegranates, grapes, a fig, poppies and a tulip within a quatrefoil ciselé gilt shell, scroll, trellis and foliage cartouche and a band of scrolling berried foliage, gilt dentil rim (minor rim chip)--13in. (33cm.) wide
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER K FOR 1763, PAINTER'S MARK FOR XHROUET AND INCISED BP
The center with pomegranates, grapes, a fig, poppies and a tulip within a quatrefoil ciselé gilt shell, scroll, trellis and foliage cartouche and a band of scrolling berried foliage, gilt dentil rim (minor rim chip)--13in. (33cm.) wide
Provenance
Rothschild Collection
Exhibited
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, p. 467