BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B FOR 1754-1755, PAINTER'S MARK FOR TANDART, INCISED M

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A VINCENNES SHAPED OVAL DISH
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter B for 1754-1755, painter's mark for Tandart, incised m
With two convex panels along the sides, sparsely painted overall with scattered bouquets and sprays between blue-line-and-gilt-dash, gilt dentil rim
7 1/8 in. (18.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 March 1995, lot 82.

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Tandart l'aîné is recorded at Sèvres as a flower painter 1754-1800.

This form, apparently unrecorded in the literature, may have been intended as sweetmeat dish or possibly a spoon tray.

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