A VINCENNES CAMAIEU BLEU CHEESE DISH AND STAND (FROMAGER ET PLATEAU, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-1754 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR SIOUX, L'AN TO BOTH, THE STAND INCISED P

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A VINCENNES CAMAIEU BLEU CHEESE DISH AND STAND (FROMAGER ET PLATEAU, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter A for 1753-1754 and painter's mark for Sioux, l'an to both, the stand incised p
The cheese dish of circular form with bow handles pierced with foliate scrolls, painted en camaeu bleu with flower sprays, the pierced scrolls enriched in gilt, the circular stand with everted sides and flat borders, similarly decorated with birds in flight within foliate gilt cartouches
8.5/8in. (21.9cm.) wide, the dish overall, 9in. (24.1cm.) diameter, the stand
Sioux, Jean-Charles

Provenance

With Winifred Williams, May 1973
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 88

Lot Essay

Jean-Charles Sioux was active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of monochrome flowers 1752-92. As the present fromagers is dated 1753, it is both one of the earliest examples of the painter's work and of the model which first appears in the factory inventory for October 1752. Fromager were produced in two sizes and with two variations of feet - ball and tapering square. The present dish is an example of the larger size.

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