A VINCENNES PORCELAIN WATERING CAN (ARROSOIR, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER C FOR 1755 AND PAINTER'S SUNBURST MARK

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN WATERING CAN (ARROSOIR, 1^E^R^E GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER C FOR 1755 AND PAINTER'S SUNBURST MARK
Of barrel form with angular handle, painted with scattered floral sprays between molded gilt and blue gilt-dash bands, the flaring spout tip as a bouquet of forget-me-nots, the center of each pierced
9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high

來源

The Collection of Wilfred J. Sainsbury.
The Collection of T.H. Clarke; Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1994, lot 85.

展覽

L. Paredes, Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000, exhibition catalogue, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C., 2009, p. 19, fig. 3; p. 138, cat. no. 2.

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Only thirteen watering-cans were produced in the 1750s, and only seven are currently extant. The ten smaller cans were priced at 108 livres, while the three larger examples, including the present lot, were priced at 120 livres. For an example in the Getty Collection, see A. Sassoon, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain Catalogue of the Collections, Malibu, 1991, pp. 4-7, no. 1. Also compare S. Eriksen & G. de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 287, no. 100 for an example in the C.L. David Collection, Copenhagen; the slightly smaller (2eme grandeur) example sold Bonham's, London, 16 May 2007, lot 160 (£79,200); and the example sold Christie's, Monaco, 3 December 1989.

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER C FOR 1755 AND PAINTER'S SUNBURST MARK

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