A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU LOZENGE-SHAPED TRAY

Details
A SÈVRES BLEU NOUVEAU LOZENGE-SHAPED TRAY
BLUE INTERLACED L'S, DATE LETTER Y FOR 1776, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE JEUNE AND GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GRAND

The center finely painted in colours with flower-filled urns in a terraced garden, within a gilt line and berried laurel, the outer edge gilt with elaborate rinceaux and floral garlands (some scratches to painting, gilding slightly worn on handles, two small chips to one handle)--16½in. (42cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, June 17, 1979, lot 172
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, November 1, 1990, lot 24

Lot Essay

Jean-Jacques Pierre a painter at Sèvres, active 1763-1800
Louis-Antoine Le Grand a gilder at Sèvres, active 1776-1817