Lot Essay
François Drand is recorded as a painter of flowers and as a gilder at the Sèvres manufactory from 1764-80.
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THE PORCELAIN SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLACK INTERLACED L’S MARK, PAINTER’S MARK FOR DRAND, THE ORMOLU 20TH CENTURY
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN MONTEITH (SEAU CRENELLE)
THE PORCELAIN SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLACK INTERLACED L’S MARK, PAINTER’S MARK FOR DRAND, THE ORMOLU 20TH CENTURY
The serpentine oval bowl with foliate scroll handles and pierced gilt-bronze foot mount, painted with scattered bouquets and sprigs within blue-line-and-gilt-dash filets at the rim and foot rim
12 in. (30.4 cm.) long
THE PORCELAIN SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLACK INTERLACED L’S MARK, PAINTER’S MARK FOR DRAND, THE ORMOLU 20TH CENTURY
The serpentine oval bowl with foliate scroll handles and pierced gilt-bronze foot mount, painted with scattered bouquets and sprigs within blue-line-and-gilt-dash filets at the rim and foot rim
12 in. (30.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Mrs. Alan L. Corey; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 December 1974, lot 65.
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 9 June 1979, lot 208.
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 9 June 1979, lot 208.
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