1767, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S BLUE SCRIPT L MARK FOR LEVÉ (?)

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A Sevres ormolu-mounted shaped oval inkstand (Ecritoire)
1767, blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter O, painter's blue script L mark for Levé (?)
With two vase-shaped inkwells with glass liners flanked by two squat bowl-shaped wells with glass liners attached to a moulded oval stand on four fluted pad feet, the inkwells and stand painted with garlands of flowers between blue and gilt line borders, the central garland in the form of a floral S, the hinged ormolu domed covers chased with lappets radiating from berried finials, the other later shallow domed stepped ormolu covers with concentric bands of palmettes, the rim moulded with palm fronds issuing from the pierced foliate handles (chip to foot of one inkwell, later glass liners, the stand pierced to secure inkwells, areas of slight wear to gilding, slight scratches to surface in places)
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

For the earlier écritoire in the Louvre, see Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes (Paris, 1991), p. 189, fig. 223. Denis Levé was a painter of flowers, patterns and birds at Sèvres between 1754 and 1793, and from 1795 to 1805.

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