Lot Essay
See note to previous lot.
.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION
A SEVRES DOUBLE SALT FROM THE 'SERVICE DU ROI' OR 'SERVICE GUIRLANDES DE BARBEAUX'
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS HH FOR 1785, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MLLE ARMAND
Details
A SEVRES DOUBLE SALT FROM THE 'SERVICE DU ROI' OR 'SERVICE GUIRLANDES DE BARBEAUX'
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters hh for 1785, painter's mark for Mlle Armand
The serpentine double salt inset with quatrefoil basins edged in gilt, the exterior with concentric bands of cornflower vines entwined around a puce line and a central blue line entwined with berried vine
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters hh for 1785, painter's mark for Mlle Armand
The serpentine double salt inset with quatrefoil basins edged in gilt, the exterior with concentric bands of cornflower vines entwined around a puce line and a central blue line entwined with berried vine
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
Sale room notice
The present salt is one of nine included in a delivery to Versailles in the first half of 1785 of supplements to the 'Service Guirlandes et Barbeaux' initially ordered two years before.