A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU DIAMOND-SHAPED TWO-HANDLED TRAY (PLATEAU LOSANGE À JOURS À ANSES)

Property of A TEXAS GENTLEMAN

Details

A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU DIAMOND-SHAPED TWO-HANDLED TRAY (PLATEAU LOSANGE À JOURS À ANSES)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S, DATE LETTER T FOR 1772, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ARMAND AINÉ AND GILDER'S MARK FOR BOULANGER PÈRE

Painted with birds perched in branches in landscape within a gilt surround and a band of gilt trailing vine and foliate-pierced edge (small chips to handle and rim)--14½in. (36.8cm.) wide

Provenance

Dr. Annella Brown, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., April 23, 1977, lot 58

Lot Essay

Louis-Denis Armand a painter at Vincennes and Sèvres, active 1745-1779

Jean-Pierre Boulanger a gilder at Vincennes and Sèvres, active 1754-1784