Lot Essay
This pattern was applied to large dinner and dessert services such as the example at Woburn Abbey. It also occurs on an inkstand at Waddesdon; see Svend Eriksen, no. 90; and Brunet and Préaud fig. 179.
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A PAIR OF SÈVRES ÉCUELLES, COVERS AND STANDS
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTERS CC FOR 1780, PAINTER'S MARK OF FONTAINE, GILDER'S MARK PERHAPS OF THÉODOR, INCISED 24A TO STANDS, 14A TO BOWLS
Painted with rozes et myrthes and with gilt dentil rims and gilt branch finials (one handle with crack to base, minor rubbing to gilding)--7¼in. (18.5cm.) wide, the stands (2)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTERS CC FOR 1780, PAINTER'S MARK OF FONTAINE, GILDER'S MARK PERHAPS OF THÉODOR, INCISED 24A TO STANDS, 14A TO BOWLS
Painted with rozes et myrthes and with gilt dentil rims and gilt branch finials (one handle with crack to base, minor rubbing to gilding)--7¼in. (18.5cm.) wide, the stands (2)