PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES BLEU CELESTE BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAUX A LIQUEUR OVALES)

BLUE FEATHERED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER D FOR 1756-1757, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF A B, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS OF LATER DATE

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES BLEU CELESTE BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAUX A LIQUEUR OVALES)
Blue feathered interlaced L's enclosing date letter D for 1756-1757, unidentified painter's mark of a B, the ormolu mounts of later date
Each of shaped oval form with gilt shells centering the paired scroll handles, painted with bouquets of fruit and flowers reserved on the turquoise ground within richly chased rocaille cartouches of birds perched amongst variant trellis and diaper-pattern panels issuing flowers and grasses, pierced dividers lacking, the Louis XV style ormolu mount a later addition
12½ in. (32 cm.) long; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna.
Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna.
with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1974.
Property formerly from a Private Midwest Collector; Butterfield & Butterfield, 5 November 1992, lot 618.

Lot Essay

The painter's mark of a stiff capital B found on the present coolers is seen on Vincennes and early Sèvres painted with flowers and dated circa 1753-1757. Birds and animals are also typically found within gilt decoration of this period. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, vol. I, p. 87.

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