A SEVRES BLUE SEEDED SMALL ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET PLATEAU 'OVAL', 4EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING SCRIPT DATE LETTER T TO BOTH, THE ÉCUELLE INCISED ///, THE STAND 62

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A SEVRES BLUE SEEDED SMALL ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET PLATEAU 'OVAL', 4EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing script date letter T to both, the écuelle incised ///, the stand 62
With entwined vine handle and fruiting finial, painted with puce lines entwined with a gilt ribbon suspending flower garlands, the border with a blue sablé band between gilt lines, gilt dentil rims
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high and 5in. (12.6cm.) wide overall, the écuelle; 7in. (17.9cm.) long, the stand (2)

Lot Essay

For a slightly larger example with virtually identical decoration, also with date letter T and no painter's marks, see anon. sale; Christie's New York, 23 April 1998, lot 176.

See also Collection Charles-Otto Zieseniss; Christie's Paris, 6 December 2001, lot 286 for a plate decorated with the same pattern, identified as from a service of 36 plates, and 22 compotiers in three sizes, with supplements added until 1780; also Arts of France, Christie's New York, 23 October 1998, lot 3 for another plate. This service was purchased from the factory by the marchand-mercier François-Charles Bazin.

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