Lot Essay
Denis Levé is recorded at Sèvres as a flower painter 1754-1793, 1795-1805.
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THE PROPERTY OF AMERICAN COLLECTORS
A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS CAILLOUTE PLATE (ASSIETTE 'UNIE')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H FOR 1760, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVÉ, INCISED SCRIPT P
Details
A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS CAILLOUTE PLATE (ASSIETTE 'UNIE')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter H for 1760, painter's mark for Levé, incised script P
Painted with a central bouquet, the shaped border with three oval panels of similar flowers reserved on the gilt-pebbled and seeded dark-blue ground within rocaille cartouches, gilt dentil rim
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter H for 1760, painter's mark for Levé, incised script P
Painted with a central bouquet, the shaped border with three oval panels of similar flowers reserved on the gilt-pebbled and seeded dark-blue ground within rocaille cartouches, gilt dentil rim
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Collection Otto Charles Zieseniss; Christie's, Paris, 5 December 2001, lot 191.