A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' 2EME GRANDEUR ET PLATEAU 'OVALE' 1ERE GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1765, PUCE INTERLACED L'S AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY TO THE ECUELLE, THE ECUELLE AND STAND INCISED DU AND O, THE STAND INCISED 6O

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A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' 2EME GRANDEUR ET PLATEAU 'OVALE' 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Circa 1765, puce interlaced L's and painter's mark for Le Guay to the ecuelle, the ecuelle and stand incised DU and O, the stand incised 6o
Of typical form with branch handles and berried branch finial enriched in gilt, painted with frises colorées of flower garlands suspended from the centers of sunflowers, the border with panels of puce dotted circles reserved on blue and centering gilt trellis, the shaped panels further reserved on a puce seeded ground and edged with gilt foliate scrolls, gilt dentil rims
7¾in. (19.7cm.) wide overall, the ecuelle; 10¼in. (26cm.) long, the stand (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1969, lot 16
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1978, lot 45
The British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby's, London, 17-18 October 1988, lot 351

Lot Essay

Superb design, with a sunflower beneath the finial across which the stems forming the eight-petal flower cross. Looking down on it there is a wonderful interplay between these garlands forming the petals of a circular flower and those on the oval stand forming an oblong octagon. This interplay of form with decoration - the harmony between the round ecuelle, the domed cover, and curved oval stand with the positioning of the painted frise colorée panels, sunflowers and garlands - and the high quality of its execution is a perfect example of the artistic synergy that made France the arbiter of style and taste in the decorative arts during the second half of the 18th century.

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