A SÈVRES HARD-PASTE ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ÉCUELLE 'DAUPHIN' ET PLATEAU)

CROWNED BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK OF A HATCHET FOR ROSSET, GILDER'S SCRIPT B FOR BOULANGER TO BOTH ÉCUELLE AND STAND, THE STAND INCISED DA

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A SÈVRES HARD-PASTE ÉCUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ÉCUELLE 'DAUPHIN' ET PLATEAU)
Crowned blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters EE for 1782, painter's mark of a hatchet for Rosset, gilder's script B for Boulanger to both écuelle and stand, the stand incised Da
The circular bowl and the stand with gilt dolphin handles, the cover with gilt crown finial, the dome of the crown formed by dolphins, finely painted in colours with oval panels of figures in rustic landscapes reserved on the white ground within chased gilt borders and linked by garlands of berried laurel, the rims gilt with Vitruvian scrolls
7 1/8in. (18cm.) wide, the stand (2)

Provenance

William P. Harbeson, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 4 April 1972, lot 250

Sale room notice

The Sèvres records for the decoration kiln of 25 March 1782 list two ecuelles Dauphin 4e [grandeur] painted by Rosset and gilt by Boulanger with 'paysages et fleurs'. The present example is likely one of these two.

Lot Essay

The design of the present écuelle was conceived in 1781 in honor of the birth of the Dauphin. Hard paste porcelain was developed at Sèvres in 1769 but not in general use until 1772. It is interesting to note the high quality of painting on the present example, as the technique of decorating on hard paste was reletively new.