Lot Essay
These compotiers are likely from a service delivered to Madame Duvaux for the duc de Richelieu. See D. Peters, Sevres Services of the 18th Century, vo. II, no. 58-2, pp. 303-305, mentioned p. 302.
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A Private Collection of Eighteenth Century Porcelain
A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' DISHES (COMPOTIERS RONDS)
CIRCA 1758, INCISED M TO ONE, THE OTHER WITH INCISED B AND PINK ENAMEL * MARK POSSIBLY FOR EITHER MARIE-CATHERINE OR ANTOINE CATON
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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND 'FEUILLE DE CHOUX' DISHES (COMPOTIERS RONDS)
CIRCA 1758, INCISED M TO ONE, THE OTHER WITH INCISED B AND PINK ENAMEL * MARK POSSIBLY FOR EITHER MARIE-CATHERINE OR ANTOINE CATON
Each circular dish painted with a loose bouquet of fruit and flowers, the wide border with three panels of birds in landscape vignettes within gilt feathered edges
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1758, INCISED M TO ONE, THE OTHER WITH INCISED B AND PINK ENAMEL * MARK POSSIBLY FOR EITHER MARIE-CATHERINE OR ANTOINE CATON
Each circular dish painted with a loose bouquet of fruit and flowers, the wide border with three panels of birds in landscape vignettes within gilt feathered edges
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, nos. d'entrée 42 and 42bis (paper labels).
Property from the Hon. Jack Michelham; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 11 August 1966, lot 6.
Property from the Estate of Mrs. Robert Lehman; Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2010, lot 15.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 June 2015, lot 314.
Property from the Hon. Jack Michelham; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 11 August 1966, lot 6.
Property from the Estate of Mrs. Robert Lehman; Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2010, lot 15.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 June 2015, lot 314.
Sale room notice
Please note that though the 1758 service made for the duc de Richelieu is described as a pink-ground service painted with flowers and fruit to the center and birds in landscapes at the border, the present dishes lack the carmine-enriched gilding associated with the service and are unlikely to be part of it.
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