Details
A SÈVRES BRIGHT BLUE GROUND PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1797, BLUE SCRIPT SÈVRES MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR CHOISY, TANDART, BOUILLAT FILS, MASSY AND OTHERS
Each piece painted in colours with bouquets of flowers tied with pink and blue ribbons within a wide border of puce and gilt oeil-de-perdrix on a bright blue ground within gilt rims, comprising:
Two fruit coolers and covers (jatte ronde portée par quatre pieds), one with a liner, both coolers cracked--10¼in. (26cm.) high
Two shaped oval dishes--10½in. (26.7cm.) long
A small oval dishes--9½in. (24cm.) long
Two saucer dishes (compotier rond)--8 1/8in. (20.7cm.) long
Two shaped octafoil dishes--8 7/8in. (22.7cm.) diam.
One square dish (compotier carré)--8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) square
One shell-shaped dish (compotier coquille)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide
Thirty plates (assiette unie), two with minor rim chips--9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) diam. (44)
CIRCA 1797, BLUE SCRIPT SÈVRES MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR CHOISY, TANDART, BOUILLAT FILS, MASSY AND OTHERS
Each piece painted in colours with bouquets of flowers tied with pink and blue ribbons within a wide border of puce and gilt oeil-de-perdrix on a bright blue ground within gilt rims, comprising:
Two fruit coolers and covers (jatte ronde portée par quatre pieds), one with a liner, both coolers cracked--10¼in. (26cm.) high
Two shaped oval dishes--10½in. (26.7cm.) long
A small oval dishes--9½in. (24cm.) long
Two saucer dishes (compotier rond)--8 1/8in. (20.7cm.) long
Two shaped octafoil dishes--8 7/8in. (22.7cm.) diam.
One square dish (compotier carré)--8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) square
One shell-shaped dish (compotier coquille)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide
Thirty plates (assiette unie), two with minor rim chips--9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) diam. (44)
Provenance
Forsyth Wickes Collection
Mrs. D.C. Minton, Christie's New York, 21 November 1980, lot 302
Mrs. D.C. Minton, Christie's New York, 21 November 1980, lot 302