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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU MOSAIQUE BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAUX ORDINAIRE 'A TOPETTE')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P FOR 1768, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVE

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU MOSAIQUE BOTTLE COOLERS (SCEAUX ORDINAIRE 'A TOPETTE')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER P FOR 1768, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVE
Each of cylindrical form with rounded lower portion on short foot, with shell scroll bracket handles, the shaped border with lappets of blue and gilt trellis or mosaïque edged in gilt and enclosing loose bouquets, delicated gilt cartouches extending beneath each handle to enclose similar smaller bouquets, the moulded rim with blue line and paired gilt foliate dash decoration
7 in. (18 cm.) high, 9¼ in. (24 cm.) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

The decoration on the present bottle coolers used at Sèvres as early as 1756, is associated a service presented to Carl Theodore, Elector of the Palatinate, in 1760, most of which is retained in the Residenzmuseum, Munich. This popular pattern appears with some regularity in the ledgers of the factory's production primarily during the third quarter of the 18th century.

Denis Levé is recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter specializing in flowers, patterns and birds 1754-1793 and again 1795-1805.

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