Lot Essay
Charles-Louis Méreaud (le jeune) was a painter of flowers and patterns at Sèvres from 1756 to 1780.
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1760, ECUELLE AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD
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A SEVRES PETIT VERT-GROUND TWO-HANDLED ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND (ECUELLE 'RONDE TOURNEE' ET PLATEAU OVALE)
1760, ECUELLE AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD
The écuelle with white interlaced foliate handles enriched in gilding, the powdered ground of the body reserved on each side with elongated oval panels of flowers within gilt scrolling foliage cartouches edged with panels of dot ornament and flowering branches, the domed cover and shaped oval stand similarly decorated, the cover with a green and gilt fruiting branch handle finial, the stand with a circular well centred by a strapwork medallion with gilt husks, gilt dentil rims (minute wear to gilding, stand with very slight sanding)
The stand 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) wide
1760, ECUELLE AND STAND WITH BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MEREAUD
The écuelle with white interlaced foliate handles enriched in gilding, the powdered ground of the body reserved on each side with elongated oval panels of flowers within gilt scrolling foliage cartouches edged with panels of dot ornament and flowering branches, the domed cover and shaped oval stand similarly decorated, the cover with a green and gilt fruiting branch handle finial, the stand with a circular well centred by a strapwork medallion with gilt husks, gilt dentil rims (minute wear to gilding, stand with very slight sanding)
The stand 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) wide
Special notice
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