Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CHEESE-STRAINER STAND AND A SEVRES BUTTER-TUB AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
Lot 132 A Private Collection of Eighteenth Century Porcelain

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CHEESE-STRAINER STAND AND A SEVRES BUTTER-TUB AND COVER ON FIXED STAND

THE FIRST CIRCA 1753-54, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S N MARK, INCISED P; THE SECOND CIRCA 1761, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR

Closed9 April 2019

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CHEESE-STRAINER STAND AND A SEVRES BUTTER-TUB AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
THE FIRST CIRCA 1753-54, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S N MARK, INCISED P; THE SECOND CIRCA 1761, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR
Both painted with scattered flower sprays within blue line and gilt dash bands, the rim of the strainer stand with four gilt scrollwork cartouches
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter, each

Specialist note

Compare the similar cheese-strainer and stand sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2006, lot 719. François Le Vavasseur is recorded as a flower painter at the manufactory from 1753-70.