A PAIR OF SEVRES BLEU CELESTE OVAL BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAU 'A LIQUEUR OVAL')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P FOR 1768, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE JEUNE, AND INCISWED CC TO BOTH

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A PAIR OF SEVRES BLEU CELESTE OVAL BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAU 'A LIQUEUR OVAL')
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter P for 1768, painter's mark for Pierre jeune, and inciswed CC to both
Each of typical shaped oval form with gilt-enriched acanthus and scroll handles, painted on one side with a loose bouquet and on the other with a similar bunch of fruit and flowers, each reserved on the clear turquoise ground within gilt ciselé rocaille cartouches of foliate scrolls and diaper pattern, issuing garlands of flowers extending to each side beneath the handles, the interior with a slot for a separate pierced divider here lacking
11¾in. (29.8cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

The present two coolers are from an as yet unidentified service of which other pieces are in the collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post at Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C. Cf. Liana Paredes Arend, Sèvres Porcelain at Hillwood, Washington, D.C., 1998, p. 74, fig. 51, illustrated on the opposite page.

Jean-Jacques Pierre, le jeune is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in flowers and friezes and as a gilder 1763-1800. His older brother and his wife, daughter of the noted bird painter Armand l'aîné, were also employed at the factory as flower painters.

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