A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE HEXAFOIL ICE-CUP STANDS FROM THE GUSTAVE III SERVICE (PLATEAUX 'BOURET')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER X FOR 1775, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR VANDE PERE

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE HEXAFOIL ICE-CUP STANDS FROM THE GUSTAVE III SERVICE (PLATEAUX 'BOURET')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER X FOR 1775, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR VANDE PERE
Each painted with a tri-lobed panel of birds on branches reserved within a chased gold band, the lobed rim with double gilt bands suspending fruiting oak branches
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Gustave III of Sweden.
René Fribourg; Sotheby & Co., London, 25 June 1963, lot 51.
Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 2 February 1976, lot 101.

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Lot Essay

The present dishes are from a service of 586 pieces presented by Louis XV to the King of Sweden upon the occasion of the latter's visit to Paris. See Versailles et les tables royales en Europe, exhibition catalogue, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Paris, 1993, p. 337.

François-Joseph Aloncle, recorded at Sèvres as a painter of birds, animals and landscapes, 1758-81.
Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé, recorded at Sèvres as a painter and gilder, 1753-1824.

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