BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Q FOR 1769, PAINTER'S MARK OF THREE DOTS FOR TANDART, INCISED YM TO ONE, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER T FOR 1772 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR BINET TO THE OTHER

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TWO SEVRES OVAL BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAUX A LIQUEURS)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter q for 1769, painter's mark of three dots for Tandart, incised yM to one, blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter T for 1772 and painter's mark for Binet to the other
Each of oval form with removable pierced divider, the scroll bracket handles linked with a shell and enriched in blue and gilt, painted in colors with loose bouquets and scattered flower sprays beneath blue-line-and-gilt dash and gilt dentil rims, the earlier example also with fruit, each also with a removable pierced divider
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide (4)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 1996, lot 239 ($4,600)

Lot Essay

3ean-Baptiste Tandart l'aîné is recorded at Sèvres as a flower painter 1754-1800.

François Binet is recorded at Sèvres as a flower painter 1750-1775.

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