BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1762, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MÉRAUD, LE JEUNE TO THE BASIN, GILDER'S MARK POSSIBLY FOR PETIT TO BOTH, THE BASIN INCISED WITH A SCRIPT CAPITAL L

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A SÈVRES MOSAIC-GROUND EWER AND BASIN (BROC 'ROUSSEL' ET JATTE OVALE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter I for 1762, painter's mark for Méraud, le jeune to the basin, gilder's mark possibly for Petit to both, the basin incised with a script capital L
The ewer of baluster form with shaped mouth flowing into an entwined branch handle, the oval basin with shaped panels, both painted with lush bouquets and scattered sprigs beneath gilt bright-blue and gilt mosaïque lappets edged with foliate scrolls and seeded diapers
7in. (17.8cm.) high, the ewer; 10¾in. (27.3cm.) wide, the basin (2)

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Charles Louis Méraud, le jeune, active at Vincennes and Sèvres 1756-1780

Nicholas-Laurent Petit, active at Sèvres 1756-1806

The decoration on the present pieces was used at Sèvres as early as 1756. In 1760 a service of this pattern was presented by Louis XV to the Electeur Palatin and is now housed in the Residenzmuseum, Munich. Three years later a similar gift was presented to the Duchess of Bedford.