A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS RECTANGULAR TRAY (PLATEAU 'A TIROIRS A PIEDS')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER D FOR 1756-1757, PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS

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A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS RECTANGULAR TRAY (PLATEAU 'A TIROIRS A PIEDS')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter D for 1756-1757, painter's mark for Evans
Painted in colours with a vignette of game birds on branches and in a landscape, the everted sides reserved with foliate scroll lobed panels on the gilt trellis ground
9in. (24.2 cm) wide
Evans, Etienne

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 28 March 1966, lot 142 (190 guineas to Winifred Williams)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 50

Lot Essay

The present tray must be one of the earliest examples made of this model, as the first factory records for it are for the biscuit kiln in April/May 1756. See La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, no. 194.

Etienne Evans, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of birds, animals and flowers, 1752-1786

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