TWO SÈVRES FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX SALAD BOWLS

Property of A TEXAS GENTLEMAN

Details

TWO SÈVRES FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX SALAD BOWLS
BLUE INTERLACED L'S, DATE LETTERS CC AND EE FOR 1780 AND 1782, PAINTERS' MARKS FOR TAILLANDIER AND TARDY, ONE WITH GILDER'S MARK FOR BAUDOUIN

Painted with the conventional pattern of blue enamel and gold enclosing on one large bouquet of flowers, on the other groups of three bouquets (one with restored rim chip, slight surface wear)--10¼in. (26cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, Chrisitie's New York, March 21-22, 1991, lot 270

Lot Essay

Vincent Taillandier painter at Sèvres, active 1753-1790
Claude-Antoine Tardy painter at Sèvres, active 1755-1790
François Baudouin gilder at Sèvres, active 1750-1800