Lot Essay
Etienne Evans active at Vincennes and Sèvres 1752-1806
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1755, CUP AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER C AND PAINTER'S DAGGER MARK FOR EVANS, INCISED 4 TO CUP
Details
A Vincennes bleu-lapis two-handled cup, a cover and a lobed stand (gobelet a lait et soucoupe)
1755, cup and stand with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter C and painter's dagger mark for Evans, incised 4 to cup
The cup with tapering sides, the loop handles with foliage terminals, painted with exotic birds in flight and carrying small branches, within cartouches edged with gilt trailing flowers, the stand similarly decorated, the shallow domed cover with a carnation finial enriched with gilding, gilt dentil rims (stand with chip to footrim and chip to underside of rim with associated crack, slight chipping to foliage of finial and slight rubbing to gilding)
The stand 7¾ in. (19.2 cm.) wide (3)
1755, cup and stand with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter C and painter's dagger mark for Evans, incised 4 to cup
The cup with tapering sides, the loop handles with foliage terminals, painted with exotic birds in flight and carrying small branches, within cartouches edged with gilt trailing flowers, the stand similarly decorated, the shallow domed cover with a carnation finial enriched with gilding, gilt dentil rims (stand with chip to footrim and chip to underside of rim with associated crack, slight chipping to foliage of finial and slight rubbing to gilding)
The stand 7¾ in. (19.2 cm.) wide (3)
Provenance
Earl of Rosebery, Sotheby's sale, Mentmore Towers, 24th May 1977, lot 2013
Anon., sale Christie's London, 2nd October 1989, lot 230
Anon., sale Christie's London, 12th June 1995, lot 398
Anon., sale Christie's London, 2nd October 1989, lot 230
Anon., sale Christie's London, 12th June 1995, lot 398
Exhibited
Winifred Williams, French Porcelain, 3rd-20th July 1978, no. 3