Lot 176
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A PAIR OF VINCENNES SHELL-SHAPED DISHES

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A PAIR OF VINCENNES SHELL-SHAPED DISHES
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER B FOR 1753, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK AND 18 IN BLUE

In Meissen style, painted in colours with bouquets of flowers and with gilt line borders (minor rim chip to one, the other with chip to footrim, slight wear to gilding)--8½in. (21.5cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

These pieces were most probably replacements for a Meissen service.
The mark is that of an unidentified painter working at Vincennes.