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Lot 588

A PAIR OF SEVRES CIRCULAR BOUGH-POTS AND COVERS

1767, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS O, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD

Closed10 December 2009

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GBP 17,500

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A PAIR OF SEVRES CIRCULAR BOUGH-POTS AND COVERS
1767, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS O, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD
Each cup-shaped with arched handles, the spreading covers pierced with apertures, painted with harebells and garlands of flowers on a gilt sablé ground, the plain lower part painted with looping bands of berries laurels and flowers, the spreading feet with a further band of flowers above steps and a blue fretted footrim, the covers with patterned sections, stoppers lacking, each with one handle restored
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high (2)

With Arnold Seligmann, Paris.
The Collection of Mrs. Henry Walters, sold Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1941.
Thelma Chrysler-Foy, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15-16 May 1956, lot 426 (with ormolu bases).

Specialist note

Charles-Louis Méreaud jeune (c.1735-1780) was a painter and gilder active at Sèvres 1756-80 specializing in this type of decoration.