Live Auction 2762Treasures of France
A VINCENNES PORCELAIN LOBED PLATE (ASSIETTE 'A CORDONNET')
Lot 53

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN LOBED PLATE (ASSIETTE 'A CORDONNET')

CIRCA 1752, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DOT MARK

Closed24 October 2012

Price Realised

USD 1,500

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN LOBED PLATE (ASSIETTE 'A CORDONNET')
CIRCA 1752, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DOT MARK
Painted in camaïeu rose with a putto reclining in a landscape and looking into a basket, the cavetto feathered, the border molded with paired foliate scrolls, gilt line rim
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter

The Falknor Collection, Seattle, Washington.
With Simon Spero, London, 1998.
The Valentine Collection; Christie's, New York, 21 October 2005, lot 81.

Specialist note

The 'assiette à cordonnet' form is first found in the manufactory's inventory records in October 1752, at which time 242 examples were sold of which 64 were decorated 'à enfants camayeux', matching the description of the present example.

Two plates from this service, similarly marked, were sold Collection T: Important Ensemble de Porcelaines Françaises, Principalment Sèvres et Vincennes, Boisgirard/Vandermeersch, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 21 April 1997, lot 27. See also A. Fay-Hallé and T. Préaud, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris 14 October 1977 - 16 January 1978, no. 11.