IMPORTANT FRENCH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE, PORCELAIN AND CARPETS at approximately 11:00am Immediately following the sale of IMPORTANT FURNITURE AND OBJECT D'ART: The Property of a European Foundation (Lots 301-387) at 10:00 am CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN (Lots 401-461) PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DAVID M. DANIELS AND STEVAN BECK BALOGA (Lots 401-423)

A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET SON PLATEAU 'OVAL', 3EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1760, BLUE INTERLACED L'S, THE STAND INCISED WITH A SCRIPT L, THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO VIELLARD

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A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET SON PLATEAU 'OVAL', 3EME GRANDEUR)
Circa 1760, blue interlaced L's, the stand incised with a script L, the painting attributed to Viellard
The slightly domed cover with gilt berried branch finial, the bowl with entwined branch handles, each piece painted in a muted palette with attributes of gardening, argriculture and other pastoral pursuits arranged on a hill overlooking a distant landscape and reserved in a kidney-shaped panel within a gilt ciselé band and a further gilt laurel wreath on a white ground
4¼in. (10.4cm) high, the ecuelle; 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) 1ong, the stand (2)

Provenance

Colonel Worth, no. 198
Collection A.Chevet
With Armin B.Allen, Inc., New York, September 1985

Lot Essay

The landscape painting found on the present example is tradionally ascribed to André-Vincent Viellard, père, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1752-1790. See The Collection of the Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire; Sotheby's on the Premises, 24 May 1977, lot 2054 for a pink-ground ecuelle, cover and stand similarly painted, also unmarked.

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