SIX SEVRES 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' SOUP PLATES

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER M FOR 1765 TO MOST, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR CATRICE TO ONE AND LEV TO TWO, ALL INCISED OO

細節
SIX SEVRES 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' SOUP PLATES
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter M for 1765 to most, painter's marks for Catrice to one and Lev to two, all incised OO
The center painted with trophies for gardening, war, painting and other pursuits, the blue edged feuille-de-choux cartouches enclosing loose bouquets with roses and other flowers and linked by flower garlands
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diameter
Lev, Denis
Catrice, Nicholas (6)
來源
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 10 March 1969, lot 143 (95 guineas)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 79

拍品專文

Denis Lev, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, patterns and birds, 1754-1793 and 1795-1805.

A large selection of pieces from the service to which the present six soup plates originally belonged are in the collection of the Muse Ephrussi-Rothschild, Cap-Ferrat. Single pieces from the service have periodically appeared on the art market, including a dinner plate previously in the collection of J.P. Morgan sold on behalf of the Ervika Foundation, Inc., Christie's New York, 23 October 1998, lot 3.

Nicholas Catrice, recorded at Svres as a flower painter, 1757-1774.

It is likely that the trophies in the center of each plate were painted by Charles Buteux, pre, an, recorded at Svres 1756-1782 and renowned as a painter of trophies.