Lot Essay
This shape is a modified version of the Svres seau liqueur du Roi orginally designed in 1752.
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK
Details
A FRENCH LATER-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED BOTTLE COOLER
The Porcelain 18th Century, Bearing Blue Interlaced L's Mark
Painted with two panels of bouquets within gilt bands and with garlands of flowering foliage flanked by gilt and white scrolling foliate handles
5in. (14.5cm.) high
The Porcelain 18th Century, Bearing Blue Interlaced L's Mark
Painted with two panels of bouquets within gilt bands and with garlands of flowering foliage flanked by gilt and white scrolling foliate handles
5in. (14.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sir Richard and Lady Wallace
Sir John E. Murray Scott
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Christie's New York, 21-22 March 1991, lot 271 (as Svres porcelain dated 1769)
Sir John E. Murray Scott
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Christie's New York, 21-22 March 1991, lot 271 (as Svres porcelain dated 1769)
Exhibited
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, no. 483 (as Svres porcelain dated 1769)