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    • A VINCENNES SERVING DISH (BATE
    Lot 9

    A VINCENNES SERVING DISH (BATEAU A BIGERADE)

    BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B FOR 1754-1755, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CAPELLE, INCISED J

    Price realised

    USD 1,320

    Estimate

    USD 1,200 - USD 1,800

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    A VINCENNES SERVING DISH (BATEAU A BIGERADE)
    Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter B for 1754-1755, painter's mark for Capelle, incised j
    Formed as a punt, painted with scattered flower sprays, the moulded rim with parallel blue lines gilt with paired angled dashes
    11 in. (27.9 cm.) long

    Provenance

    with John Whitehead, London and France.

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    Lot Essay

    Antoine Capelle is recorded at Sèvres as having painted flowers, patterns, ground colours and feathering and as a gilder 1745-1787, 1790.

    Boat-shaped dishes such as the present example, used for holding bitter lemons and oranges, are described in inventories of dessert services such as the Service des Asturies. The shape was also used as a tray to hold a matching cup and sugar-bowl. See Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, pp. 42, 161, no. 140.

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    PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION

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