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    18 October 2002

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    • A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND ST
    Lot 401

    A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET SON PLATEAU 'OVAL', 3EME GRANDEUR)

    CIRCA 1760, BLUE INTERLACED L'S, THE STAND INCISED WITH A SCRIPT L, THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO VIELLARD

    Price realised

    USD 7,170

    Estimate

    USD 8,000 - USD 10,000

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    A SEVRES ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET SON PLATEAU 'OVAL', 3EME GRANDEUR)
    Circa 1760, blue interlaced L's, the stand incised with a script L, the painting attributed to Viellard
    The slightly domed cover with gilt berried branch finial, the bowl with entwined branch handles, each piece painted in a muted palette with attributes of gardening, argriculture and other pastoral pursuits arranged on a hill overlooking a distant landscape and reserved in a kidney-shaped panel within a gilt ciselé band and a further gilt laurel wreath on a white ground
    4¼in. (10.4cm) high, the ecuelle; 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) 1ong, the stand (2)

    Provenance

    Colonel Worth, no. 198
    Collection A.Chevet
    With Armin B.Allen, Inc., New York, September 1985

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    Lot Essay

    The landscape painting found on the present example is tradionally ascribed to André-Vincent Viellard, père, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1752-1790. See The Collection of the Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire; Sotheby's on the Premises, 24 May 1977, lot 2054 for a pink-ground ecuelle, cover and stand similarly painted, also unmarked.

    Other information

    Pre-Lot Text

    IMPORTANT FRENCH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE, PORCELAIN AND CARPETS
    at approximately 11:00am
    Immediately following the sale of
    IMPORTANT FURNITURE AND OBJECT D'ART:
    The Property of a European Foundation
    (Lots 301-387) at 10:00 am


    CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN
    (Lots 401-461)

    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF
    DAVID M. DANIELS AND STEVAN BECK BALOGA
    (Lots 401-423)

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