SÈVRES LOZENGE-SHAPED SAUCE-BOAT STAND FROM THE CHARLOTTE LOUISE SERVICE (PLATEAU 'LOSANGE' SAUCIERE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR BUTEUX L'AINÉ AND FOR DRAND, INCISED L

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SÈVRES LOZENGE-SHAPED SAUCE-BOAT STAND FROM THE CHARLOTTE LOUISE SERVICE (PLATEAU 'LOSANGE' SAUCIERE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's marks for Buteux l'ainé and for Drand, incised L
The center with the crowned monogram CL in pink roses and cornflowers, the border with putti in clouds reserved on the white ground within gilt cisele bands at the top and bottom angels, the side angels with baskets of flowers, the shaped gilt line rim with a further blue enamel band gilt with laurel, edged with gilt foliate scrolls and suspending berried laurel wreaths at the center of each side
12 in. (30.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Gift of Louis XV to Queen Marie Caroline of Naples, 1774.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 March 1971, lot 176 (part).
With Winfred Williams, London.
David Peters, Esq.
With Armin B. Allen, New York.
The property of a gentleman; Christie's, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 167.

Sale room notice

Please note this piece has a date letter for 1773, not 1772 as stated in the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

The present sauce-boat stand was made for a service given by Louis XV to Queen Marie-Caroline of Naples and Two-Sicilies upon the birth of her daughter Charlotte Louise for whom the king stood as godfather. Examples from this service are in the collections of the Louvre and the musée des arts décoratifs. Cf. Versailles et les tables royales en Europe, XVIIème-XIXème siècles, Exhibition Catalogue, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Paris, 1993, p. 338.

Charles Buteux, l'âiné, recorded 1756-1782 as specializing in figures, trophies, and flowers and likely the painter of the putti

François Drand, recorded 1764-1780 as a painter of ground patterns and flowers and as a gilder and likely the painter of the flower baskets and laurel wreaths.

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