A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND PART TEA SERVICE

BLUE INTERLACED L'S TO EACH PIECE, DATE LETTER L FOR 1764 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS TO THE WASTE-BOWL, DATE LETTER K FOR 1763 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE TO ALL OTHER PIECES

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A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND PART TEA SERVICE
Blue interlaced L's to each piece, date letter L for 1764 and painter's mark for Evans to the waste-bowl, date letter K for 1763 and painter's mark for Aloncle to all other pieces
Each piece finely painted in colours with landscape views of birds on branches reserved on the bright green ground within a gilt ciselé band issuing flowering vines, comprising:
A teapot and cover with silver-gilt mounted spout (théière 'Calabre,' 2ème grandeur), 5½in. (13.8cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (sucrier 'Bouret,' 1ére grandeur), 5in. (12.7cm.) high
A waste-bowl (jatte 'ronde'), 6½in. (16.2cm.) diameter
Four teabowls and saucers, 2in. (5.1cm.) high, the teabowls, 4 2/3in. (11.7cm.) diameter, the saucers (11)

Provenance

Lady Mary Coke, youngest daughter of the Duke of Argyll and widow of Edward, Viscount Coke (by tradition a gift of His Majesty, Louis XV of France)
Elizabeth Lucy Haycock Bolton (a cousin of and lady-in-waiting to Lady Mary)
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

François-Joseph Aloncle is recorded at Sèvres 1758-1781 as a painter specializing in birds, animals and landscapes.

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

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