BLACK INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P FOR 1768, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MÉREAUD PÈRE, INCISED J AND DD

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A SEVRES SCALE-PATTERN TRAY (PLATEAU LOSANGE A ANSES)
Black interlaced L's enclosing date letter P for 1768, painter's mark for Méreaud père, incised j and dd

Of lozenge shape with foliate scroll handles enriched in gilt, the center painted with a gardening trophy reserved within an oval gilt band on the bleu agate scale-pattern ground, gilt line rim
14. in. (35.6 cm.) long overall

Lot Essay

See The René Fribourg Collection: V, French Faience and European Porcelain, Part 2, Sotheby & Co., London, 15 October 1963, lots 414 and 415 for the sugar-bowl and cover and the cup and saucer that originally formed a déjeuner with the present tray. The cup and saucer have the painter's mark of Charles Buteux l'aîné, recorded at Sèvres 1756-1782 as a painter specializing in trophies and almost certainly the painter of the trophy on the present tray. The mark on the tray for Pierre-Antoine Méreaud père, recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in both flowers and ground patterns 1754-1791, appears also on the Fribourg sugar-bowl.

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