SEVRES BLEU CELESTE SOLITAIRE (DEJEUNER 'A JOUR')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER H FOR 1760 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS TO ALL BUT THE CREAM-JUG, THE TRAY INCISED 6U A, THE CUP AND SAUCER OO

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SEVRES BLEU CELESTE SOLITAIRE (DEJEUNER 'A JOUR')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing the date letter H for 1760 and painter's mark for Evans to all but the cream-jug, the tray incised 6u a, the cup and saucer oo
Painted in colours with exotic birds in wooded landscape vignettes within ciselé gilt cartouches of bands and trailing flowering branches, comprising:
A rectangular plateau with Vitruvian scroll border (plateau 'tiroir à jours'), 7¼in. (18.5cm.) wide
A footed cream-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds', 3ème grandeur), 3in. (7.5cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Bouret', 3ème grandeur), 2 7/8in. (7.5cm.) high
A cup and saucer (gobelet 'Bouillard' et soucoupe, 3ème grandeur), 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diam., the saucer (5)

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection; Christie's, New York, 21/22 March 1991, lot 237

Lot Essay

According to Ericksen and de Bellaigue, 1757 is the first year in which reticulated trays pierced with Vitruvian scrolls were produced. Cf. Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, Vincennes and Sèvres 1740-1800, London, 1987, p. 93, fig. 118

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