CIRCA 1752, ELABORATE BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS FOR THE PAINTER ARMAND L'AINE

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A PAIR OF VINCENNNES PORCELAIN BOTTLE COOLERS (SEAUX A BOUTEILLE 'ORDINAIRE')
CIRCA 1752, ELABORATE BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS FOR THE PAINTER ARMAND L'AINE
Each finely painted with long-necked exotic birds in landscapes below curved trellis, the sides with paired birds in flight, one of each pair with a branch in its claws, below the puce and gilt enriched handles, the rims with either three or four blue concentric bands with double gilt foliate dashes
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Charles Mannheim Collection, circa 1892.

Literature

Édouard Garnier, The Soft Porcelain of Sevres, London, 1892, plate XVI.

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Lot Essay

One of this pair is almost certainly the Vincennes seau illustrated in Édouard Garnier, The Soft Porcelain of Sevres, London, 1892, plate XVI, here noted as belonging to 'M. Ch. Mannheim'.

Louis-Denis Armand l’aîné, is recorded as a painter of animals and landscapes at the manufactory in 1752 and from 1754-57.

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