Lot Essay
Charles Buteux, working period 1756-82
The Property of
THE LATE DOWAGER VISCOUNTESS WIMBORNE
Sold by Order of the Executors
A PAIR OF SÈVRES GREEN-GROUND PIERCED TREFOIL BASKETS (Corbeilles triangles)
Details
A PAIR OF SÈVRES GREEN-GROUND PIERCED TREFOIL BASKETS (Corbeilles triangles)
Date letter for 1758
The centres painted with pilgrim's and vintner's trophies within a circular flowering garland within a richly gilt flower and scroll cartouche reserved on an green ground within shaped borders pierced with three shells and overlapping white and gilt foliage scrolls, the exterior with the green, white and gilt scrolls counter-changed and issuing from a basketwork band (some very minor scratching to ground colour, the basket with vintner's trophies with some degrading to gilding on the exterior, the other with two slight chips to rim and a footrim chip, some minute rubbing to gilding), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letter F, painter's mark of an anchor for Buteux, one with incised mark
8 5/8in. (22cm.) wide (2)
Date letter for 1758
The centres painted with pilgrim's and vintner's trophies within a circular flowering garland within a richly gilt flower and scroll cartouche reserved on an green ground within shaped borders pierced with three shells and overlapping white and gilt foliage scrolls, the exterior with the green, white and gilt scrolls counter-changed and issuing from a basketwork band (some very minor scratching to ground colour, the basket with vintner's trophies with some degrading to gilding on the exterior, the other with two slight chips to rim and a footrim chip, some minute rubbing to gilding), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letter F, painter's mark of an anchor for Buteux, one with incised mark
8 5/8in. (22cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's, 26 November 1963, lot 90