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Lot Essay
François-Joseph Aloncle is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in birds 1758-1781.
For another pair in the British royal collection, similarly marked and decorated, see Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Royal Collection Publications, 2009, vol. II, cat. no. 141, pp. 581-582.
Dated 1761, the decoration on all four coolers is very close to that found on a selection of Sèvres porcelain acquired by Louis XV’s son-in-law Filippo, Duke of Parma and delivered not long before his death on 18 July 1765. The biggest difference is found in the gilt cartouches enclosing the vignettes of birds in landscapes, those on the Parma service including diaper pattern panels at the sides not found on the present coolers.
See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Privately Printed, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. II, no. 65-2, pp. 357-358. Also Christie’s Paris, Le Goût Français, 4 May 2016, lot 226 for the ice pails, covers and liners and lot 227 for two triangular dishes from the Parma service, now in a private collection.
For another pair in the British royal collection, similarly marked and decorated, see Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Royal Collection Publications, 2009, vol. II, cat. no. 141, pp. 581-582.
Dated 1761, the decoration on all four coolers is very close to that found on a selection of Sèvres porcelain acquired by Louis XV’s son-in-law Filippo, Duke of Parma and delivered not long before his death on 18 July 1765. The biggest difference is found in the gilt cartouches enclosing the vignettes of birds in landscapes, those on the Parma service including diaper pattern panels at the sides not found on the present coolers.
See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Privately Printed, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. II, no. 65-2, pp. 357-358. Also Christie’s Paris, Le Goût Français, 4 May 2016, lot 226 for the ice pails, covers and liners and lot 227 for two triangular dishes from the Parma service, now in a private collection.