Lot Essay
Etienne Evans, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a bird painter, 1752-1786
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER D FOR 1756-1757, PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS, INCISED (SPERM)
Details
A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER (POT A SUCRE 'HEBERT' 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter D for 1756-1757, painter's mark for Evans, incised (sperm)
Of baluster form with slightly domed cover and flower finial, painted in colours with birds in flight reserved with gilt cartouches of fronds
3in. (8.3cm.) high, 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) diameter
Evans, Etienne
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter D for 1756-1757, painter's mark for Evans, incised (sperm)
Of baluster form with slightly domed cover and flower finial, painted in colours with birds in flight reserved with gilt cartouches of fronds
3in. (8.3cm.) high, 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) diameter
Evans, Etienne
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 28 March 1966, lot 143 (#89)
With Winifred Williams, April 1966
Sir John Plumb F.B.A, no. 51
With Winifred Williams, April 1966
Sir John Plumb F.B.A, no. 51