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Lot Essay
It is interesting to note that the watering can painted in the present landscape is of the same form as that produced at Vincennes in two sizes, and example of which is offered in the present sale as lot 22.
Designed as the tray for a small service or déjeuner, the deéjeuner 'Courteille' was first sold in 1758 to both Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. Over the next several years, examples were acquired by other influential members of the court including Comtesse du Barry, the prince de Nassau and the duc d'Orléans. It was produced in two sizes in both soft and hard paste with five variations in the shape of the rim and handles. Those trays without handles or with in-curved (as opposed to lobed) corners were often set into tables en chiffonière. See R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, pp. 615-621, C401-6 for a discussion of the variant forms and extant examples.
André-Vincent Vielliard, père is recorded as a painter of figures, landscapes, trophies, patterns and flowers at the factory from 1752 to 1790. The incised intials 'BP' are likely those of Baptiste Paris, a soft-paste répareur active 1754-1772 whose mark is often found on plateau 'Courteille'.
Designed as the tray for a small service or déjeuner, the deéjeuner 'Courteille' was first sold in 1758 to both Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. Over the next several years, examples were acquired by other influential members of the court including Comtesse du Barry, the prince de Nassau and the duc d'Orléans. It was produced in two sizes in both soft and hard paste with five variations in the shape of the rim and handles. Those trays without handles or with in-curved (as opposed to lobed) corners were often set into tables en chiffonière. See R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, pp. 615-621, C401-6 for a discussion of the variant forms and extant examples.
André-Vincent Vielliard, père is recorded as a painter of figures, landscapes, trophies, patterns and flowers at the factory from 1752 to 1790. The incised intials 'BP' are likely those of Baptiste Paris, a soft-paste répareur active 1754-1772 whose mark is often found on plateau 'Courteille'.