Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 203. A very similar plate is in the British Museum. Another plate from the collection of Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann was sold in these Rooms, 10 April 2002, lot 454.
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CIRCA 1745
Details
A GRISAILLE, IRON-RED AND GILT 'LE CUVIER' PLATE
CIRCA 1745
Decorated at the centre en grisaille and in flesh-tones with an elegantly dressed gentleman embracing a lady as she leans against a large barrel, within iron-red and gilt spearheads in the well and linked leaf-scroll forming cartouches at the border
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1745
Decorated at the centre en grisaille and in flesh-tones with an elegantly dressed gentleman embracing a lady as she leans against a large barrel, within iron-red and gilt spearheads in the well and linked leaf-scroll forming cartouches at the border
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
A Sorin, Nantes.
François Hervouët no. 521, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 22 June 1987, lot 1631.
François Hervouët no. 521, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 22 June 1987, lot 1631.
Literature
F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, fig. 9.16, p.199.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium