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A SEVRES PORCELAIN FRISES RICHES SOLITAIRE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE')
Lot 157

A SEVRES PORCELAIN FRISES RICHES SOLITAIRE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER K FOR 1763 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD TO EACH, INCISED FR TO THE CUP AND T TO THE SUGAR-BOWL

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN FRISES RICHES SOLITAIRE (DEJEUNER 'LOSANGE')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER K FOR 1763 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD TO EACH, INCISED FR TO THE CUP AND T TO THE SUGAR-BOWL
Painted and enriched in gilt with a band alternating rocaille shells suspending floral swags and flower-head medallions, a purple ribbon and green vine undulating between, blue-ground panels of trellis and diaper below the gilt dentil rims, comprising: a chocolate-pot and cover, a sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Hébert'), a teacup and saucer (gobelet 'Hébert' et soucoupe), a lozenge-shaped tray
12 in. (30.4 cm.) wide, the tray (7)

The Property of a Collector; Christie's East, New York, 29 January 1986, lot 68.
Dr. and Mrs. Ulrich Fritzsche; Sotheby's, New York, 19-20 October 1994, lot 560.

Specialist note

Charles-Louis Méreaud (ca. 1735-1780) is first recorded at Sèvres in 1756, where he specialized in painting flowers and friezes, the latter being described in the manufactory records as 'frises colorées'. See R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, Vol. III, 1988, pp. 1047-1048, for additional information on this artist.