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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN HALF-BOTTLE COOLERS FROM THE 'SERVICE RITTENER' (SEAUX A DEMI-BOUTEILLE 'ORDINAIRE')

CIRCA 1791, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR LAROCHE, ONE WITH GILDER'S LG FOR LE GUAY PERE AND INDISTINCT INCISED MARK, THE OTHER INCISED 38, RECORDED AS PATTERN NO. 115

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN HALF-BOTTLE COOLERS FROM THE 'SERVICE RITTENER' (SEAUX A DEMI-BOUTEILLE 'ORDINAIRE')
CIRCA 1791, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR LAROCHE, ONE WITH GILDER'S LG FOR LE GUAY PERE AND INDISTINCT INCISED MARK, THE OTHER INCISED 38, RECORDED AS PATTERN NO. 115
With roses and cornflowers between cell-pattern enclosing lollipop flowers
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high

Provenance

With Enoch Rittener, china merchant on Albemarle Street, London, delivered as part of a large service 3 April 1791.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2013, lot 519.

Lot Essay

For a description of the full complement of this service, which included six seaux a demi-bouteille, see D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, privately printed, 2005, vol. IV, cat. no. 4.3.1791.

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