A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BOTTLE COOLER FROM THE SERVICE PRESENTED TO PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA (SEAU A DEMI-BOUTEILLE ORDINAIRE)

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BOTTLE COOLER FROM THE SERVICE PRESENTED TO PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA (SEAU A DEMI-BOUTEILLE ORDINAIRE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS GG FOR 1784, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR MICAUD PERE AND BOULANGER, GILDER'S MARK FOR CHAUVAUX L'AINE, INCISED 4J(?)/B16

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BOTTLE COOLER FROM THE SERVICE PRESENTED TO PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA (SEAU A DEMI-BOUTEILLE ORDINAIRE)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS GG FOR 1784, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR MICAUD PERE AND BOULANGER, GILDER'S MARK FOR CHAUVAUX L'AINE, INCISED 4J(?)/B16
With two scrolled handles, painted on both sides with a bouquet of fruit and flowers reserved within a gilt ciselé cartouche of ribbon-tied palms and laurel, with a double banded gilt rim and a suspended wreath under each handle
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Literature

D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. vii, pg. 1633.

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Lot Essay

See note to previous lot. The present cooler is recorded in the Artists' Ledgers on 30 March 1784 under Micaud. Although the kiln record for the seau is listed as "12.9.1784", in a recent conversation David Peters has indicated that the firing more likely took place in October.

Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux l'aîné is recorded as a gilder at the factory from 1752 to 1788.

Jacques-François Micaud père is recorded as a painter of flowers and patterns at the factory from 1757 to 1810.

Jean-Pierre Boulanger is recorded as a gilder and as a painter of patterns at the factory from 1754 to 1785.

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