A PAIR OF VINCENNES BLEU CELESTE PIERCED OVAL DEEP BASKETS FROM THE LOUIS XV SERVICE (corbeilles ovales élevées) of flared form, with two bands of interlocking gilt-edged gadroons joined by a bleu celeste ribbon, the upper tier pierced with gilt-edged trefoil husks, the lower part with a bleu celeste basketweave band (one with slight rim chip, the other with two slight rim chips and a firing crack to the top of one gadroon), the first with gilt interlaced L mark with a dot above and date letter C for 1755 below, the second incised Gd

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A PAIR OF VINCENNES BLEU CELESTE PIERCED OVAL DEEP BASKETS FROM THE LOUIS XV SERVICE (corbeilles ovales élevées) of flared form, with two bands of interlocking gilt-edged gadroons joined by a bleu celeste ribbon, the upper tier pierced with gilt-edged trefoil husks, the lower part with a bleu celeste basketweave band (one with slight rim chip, the other with two slight rim chips and a firing crack to the top of one gadroon), the first with gilt interlaced L mark with a dot above and date letter C for 1755 below, the second incised Gd
18cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

According to the sales registers for 31 December 1755 the delivery to Louis XV contained six corbeilles ovales élevées de 6 pouces at 192 livres of which two are the present examples, one is lot 394 and four are at Boughton House making a rather confusing total of seven

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