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Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Genest was active at Vincennes and Sèvres as a flower painter 1752-1789.
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THREE SÈVRES FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX CIRCULAR SALAD BOWLS (SALADIER À FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX)
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE INTERLACED L'S, ONE ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771 AND PAINTER'S FB, ONE WITH A SCRIPT G FOR GENEST, INCISED AR FI, P, AND 2P RESPECTIVELY
Each painted in colours with loose bouquets and scattered flowers within gilt-enriched blue feuille-de-choux rims, wear to gilt edges, one with restored rim chip
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam. (3)
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE INTERLACED L'S, ONE ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771 AND PAINTER'S FB, ONE WITH A SCRIPT G FOR GENEST, INCISED AR FI, P, AND 2P RESPECTIVELY
Each painted in colours with loose bouquets and scattered flowers within gilt-enriched blue feuille-de-choux rims, wear to gilt edges, one with restored rim chip
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam. (3)