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A SEVRES TWO-HANDLED BROTH-BOWL, COVER AND LOBED STAND (ECUELLE RONDE TOURNEE ET PLATEAU ROND, 3EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1759-60, BOWL WITH INDISTINCT MARK AND INCISED T AND DU (?), STAND WITH INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G (?) ABOVE PAINTER'S FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK FOR TAILLANDIER

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A SEVRES TWO-HANDLED BROTH-BOWL, COVER AND LOBED STAND (ECUELLE RONDE TOURNEE ET PLATEAU ROND, 3^E^M^E GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1759-60, BOWL WITH INDISTINCT MARK AND INCISED T AND DU (?), STAND WITH INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G (?) ABOVE PAINTER'S FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK FOR TAILLANDIER
The bleu lapis gilt caillouté ground of each piece reserved with bold scrolling gilt-edged green scrolls enclosing shaped white panels painted with bouquets of flowers and fruit, the bowl with entwined white foliate handles enriched in gilding, the domed cover with a white olive branch handle with gilt foliage and berries, gilt dentil rims (cover with minute chip to interior flange, stand with minute wear to gilding)
The stand 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide

Provenance

A Private European Collection
The bowl and cover, anonymous, Christie's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 25
The stand, with Dragesco-Cramoisan

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Lot Essay

The Sèvres archives record (Vy 2 fol. 45) to monseigneur Duc de Bourgogne les ventes de Versailles dec 1760:

"1 ecuelle et plateau rubans lapis, 240 (livres)"

Vincent Taillandier was a painter of flowers and ground patterns at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1753 to 1790.

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