Lot Essay
Etienne Evans, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1752-1786 as a painter specializing in birds, animals and flowers
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BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R FOR 1770, PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS, THE CUP INCISED 41, THE SAUCER INCISED 3
Details
A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'BOUILLARD' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter R for 1770, painter's mark for Evans, the cup incised 41, the saucer incised 3
Each painted in colors with a bird in a landscape reserved within gilt ciselé bands on the ground painted in lavender with a scale-pattern and enriched in bleu celéste in imitation of peacock feathers
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter R for 1770, painter's mark for Evans, the cup incised 41, the saucer incised 3
Each painted in colors with a bird in a landscape reserved within gilt ciselé bands on the ground painted in lavender with a scale-pattern and enriched in bleu celéste in imitation of peacock feathers
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
With Armin B. Allen, Inc., New York, March 1986