Lot Essay
Pierre-Antoine Méreaud l'aîné is recorded as a painter of flowers and patterns at the Sèvres manufactory from 1754-91.
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CIRCA 1770, BOTH THE BOWL AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R AND PAINTER’S MARK FOR PIERRE-ANTOINE MEREAUD L'AINE, THE BOWL FAINT WITH INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE POINTILLE ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE ‘ROND TOURNEE’ ET PLATEAU ‘ROND’, 3EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1770, BOTH THE BOWL AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R AND PAINTER’S MARK FOR PIERRE-ANTOINE MEREAUD L'AINE, THE BOWL FAINT WITH INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS
Painted with a rich border of alternating rose wreaths with berried laurel wreaths enclosing a gilt-centered blue daisy-like flower reserved within a gilt-edged scalloped band, cornflower petals between each scallop, a turquoise pontillé ground peaking through at the rim
7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) diameter, the stand
CIRCA 1770, BOTH THE BOWL AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R AND PAINTER’S MARK FOR PIERRE-ANTOINE MEREAUD L'AINE, THE BOWL FAINT WITH INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS
Painted with a rich border of alternating rose wreaths with berried laurel wreaths enclosing a gilt-centered blue daisy-like flower reserved within a gilt-edged scalloped band, cornflower petals between each scallop, a turquoise pontillé ground peaking through at the rim
7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) diameter, the stand
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