A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) IRON-RED GROUND SUGAR-BOWL (POT À SUCRE 'ETRUSQUE 1785')

GILT CROWNED INTERLACED L'S MARK ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS II FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK OF CROSSED BRANCHES FOR SINSSON, GILDER'S MARK LF FOR LA FRANCE

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) IRON-RED GROUND SUGAR-BOWL (POT À SUCRE 'ETRUSQUE 1785')
Gilt crowned interlaced L's mark enclosing date letters ii for 1786, painter's mark of crossed branches for Sinsson, gilder's mark LF for La France
The short cylindrical neck painted in colours with a rinceau of neo-classic foliate scrolls centering portrait medallions en grisaille and birds centering urns, the shoulder of the coral-red oviform body gilt with foliate scrolls and pendant husks, the center with a beaded band, gilt line rim
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 48
The Hector Binney Collection; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1989, lot 127 (described as a vase)

Lot Essay

Nicolas Sinsson is recorded at Sèvres 1773-1795 as a painter of flowers and of patterns.

André-Joseph La France is recorded at Sèvres 1776-1803 and again 1813-1828 as a flower painter and as a gilder.

The plaster model for this form is retained at Sèvres. The cover for the model, here lacking, is minimally convex and may have taken the finial designed by Boizot of an 'hourglass' with a double-ended leaf lying over the center found on other pieces designed by Boizot at this time.

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