A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS SHAPED TRAY (PLATEAU DU ROI)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER C FOR 1755-1766, POSSIBLY PAINTED BY ANTOINE CAPELLE, INCISED T

Details

A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS SHAPED TRAY (PLATEAU DU ROI)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter C for 1755-1766, possibly painted by Antoine Capelle, incised T
Painted with a landscape vignette of a farm house and a small bridge, the dark blue border gilt with flower sprays
10in. (25.4cm.) high
Capelle, Antoine

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby & Co., London, 11 April 1978, lot 10
With Winifred Williams

Exhibited

London, Winifred Williams, Eighteenth Century French Porcelain, 3-20 July 1978, no. 8

Lot Essay

The painter's mark found on the present tray of a small triangle resembles that used by Antoine Capelle who was active at Vincennes and Svres 1745-1787 and 1790. However, the style of decoration is not consonant with that of other wares attributed to his hand. See the footnote to this painter in David Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on C18th Vincennes and Svres Porcelain, London, 1997, p. 21.

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