Property from the Estate of John R. Williams

A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) TWO-HANDLED ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE ET PLATEAU 'NOUVELLE FORME AVEC ANSES A FEUILLE DE ROSEAUX', 1ERE GRANDEUR)

THE MARKS ON BOTH ABRAIDED BUT THE PENTIMENTO STILL VISIBLE, CROWNED INTERLACED L'S, PAINTER'S MARK FOR BULIDON, AND INCISED AP TO THE STAND, GILDER'S MARK FOR PREVOST TO BOTH

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) TWO-HANDLED ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE ET PLATEAU 'NOUVELLE FORME AVEC ANSES A FEUILLE DE ROSEAUX', 1ERE GRANDEUR)
THE MARKS ON BOTH ABRAIDED BUT THE PENTIMENTO STILL VISIBLE, CROWNED INTERLACED L'S, PAINTER'S MARK FOR BULIDON, AND INCISED AP TO THE STAND, GILDER'S MARK FOR PREVOST TO BOTH
The ecuelle with gilt pomegranate finial and paired foliate handles issuing from the center of a single sunflower and enclosing harebells at the curve, the sloping circular stand with integral paired gilt foliate scrolls centering a broad leaf as handles, each of the three pieces alternately painted with floral still lives on marble ledges and with trophies emblematic of gardening and of love, each reserved on oval panels within gilt ciselé bands on the gilt trellis ground enclosing forget-me-nots and roses, the cover rim and stand-emblacement gilt with a berried wreath, gilt line rims
5½ in. (19 cm.) wide overall, the ecuelle; 9¾ in. (24.9 cm.) wide overall, the stand (2)

Lot Essay

Nicolas Bulidon is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in flowers and patterns 1763-1792.

Henri-Martin Prévost is recorded at Sèvres as a gilder 1757-1797.

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