Lot Essay
Mathieu Fouré is recorded as a painter of flowers at the factory from 1754 to 1762.
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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761, PAINTER'S MARK FOR FOURE, THE FLOWER-POT UNMARKED BUT OF A SIMILAR DATE
Details
AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES PORCELAIN CAMAIEU ROSE GARNITURE
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761, PAINTER'S MARK FOR FOURE, THE FLOWER-POT UNMARKED BUT OF A SIMILAR DATE
Comprising a pair of vases 'à oreilles,' 3ème grandeur, and a cuvette à fleurs 'Verdun', 2ème grandeur, each painted in pink with putti in clouds, the vases with figural cartouches to the reverse, the flower-pot with a ribbon-suspended floral wreath
7 3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) high, the vases; 9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long, the flower-pot (3)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761, PAINTER'S MARK FOR FOURE, THE FLOWER-POT UNMARKED BUT OF A SIMILAR DATE
Comprising a pair of vases 'à oreilles,' 3ème grandeur, and a cuvette à fleurs 'Verdun', 2ème grandeur, each painted in pink with putti in clouds, the vases with figural cartouches to the reverse, the flower-pot with a ribbon-suspended floral wreath
7 3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) high, the vases; 9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long, the flower-pot (3)
Provenance
The René Fribourg Collection; Sotheby & Co., London, 25 June 1963, lot 59 (the vases).
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 8 July 2002, lot 240 (the vases).
Private French Collection; Ader Tajan, Paris, 29 June 1994, lot 62 (the flower pot).
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 8 July 2002, lot 240 (the vases).
Private French Collection; Ader Tajan, Paris, 29 June 1994, lot 62 (the flower pot).
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