Lot Essay
For a similar sugar-bowl formerly in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, that of a Texas gentleman, and the Pompey Collection, see Christie's, New York, 23 May 2002, lot 6.
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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B FOR 1754/55, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF A CAPITAL B, INCISED WITH A SLASH
Details
A VINCENNES BLEU CELESTE SUGAR-BOWL (POT A SUCRE 'BOURET', 1ERE GRANDEUR )
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter B for 1754/55, unidentified painter's mark of a capital B, incised with a slash
Painted front and back with a loose bouquet reserved on the turquoise ground within a gilt ciselé cartouche of grasses and flowers, gilt dentil rim
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter B for 1754/55, unidentified painter's mark of a capital B, incised with a slash
Painted front and back with a loose bouquet reserved on the turquoise ground within a gilt ciselé cartouche of grasses and flowers, gilt dentil rim
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Klaber & Klaber, London