A PAIR OF SÈVRES 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' BOTTLE COOLERS (SEAUX À BOUTEILLES ORDINAIRE À TOPETTES)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER GG FOR 1784 AND UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK TO BOTH, BOTH INCISED 40, ONE ALSO INCISED 17, THE OTHER 19

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' BOTTLE COOLERS (SEAUX À BOUTEILLES ORDINAIRE À TOPETTES)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing the date letter GG for 1784 and unidentified painter's mark to both, both incised 40, one also incised 17, the other 19
Each of typical shape with shell-moulded handles enriched with blue and gilt, painted in colours with bouquets within blue and gilt feuille- de-choux cartouches beneath blue line and gilt dash rims
5in. (12.3cm.) high; 7in. (17.8cm.) wide, overall

拍品专文

The mark Bo found on both coolers is that of an unidentified flower painter working 1782-1790.

Cf. Svend Erikson and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, Vincenne and Sèvres 1740-1800, London, 1987, p. 158, no. 17