A PAIR OF SEVRES HALF-BOTTLE COOLERS

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771, ONE INCISED 17 20, THE OTHER INCISED 17 40

Details

A PAIR OF SEVRES HALF-BOTTLE COOLERS
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter S for 1771, one incised 17 20, the other incised 17 40
The border decorated with oval panels of putti in clouds within gilt foliate surrounds and a further flower garland suspending berried wreaths at each side below a blue band edged with similar gilt branches above baskets of flowers, the body with entwined initials of a gilt foliate D and a B made of a flower garland
9in. (23cm.) wide overall (2)

Provenance

The 6th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore; Sotheby & Co., on the premises, 24 May 1977, lot 2075 (#2,700 to Winifred Williams)

Exhibited

London, Winifred Williams, Eighteenth Century French Porcelain, 3-20 July 1978, no. 52

Sale room notice

The porcelain is 18th century. The decoration is of later date and likely by the same workshop as that of lot 54.

Lot Essay

The present bottle coolers are from a service associated with Madame Du Barry. See Marie-Amynthe Denis, "De Marly Louveciennes", Madame Du Barry: De Versailles Louveciennes, Muse-promenade de Marly-le-Roi-Louveciennes, Paris, 1992, p. 173, footnote 11.

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