A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU NOUVEAU LOZENGE-SHAPED TRAY

INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Y FOR 1776, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE JEUNE AND GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GRAND

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU NOUVEAU LOZENGE-SHAPED TRAY
INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Y FOR 1776, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE JEUNE AND GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GRAND
The center finely painted with a vase and a flower-filled urn in a terraced garden, within a gilt line and berried laurel, the outer edge gilt with elaborate rinceaux and floral garlands
16½ in. (42 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 June 1979, lot 172.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 1 November 1990, lot 24.
The Property of a Texas Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 25-26 October 1994, lot 273.

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Please note that the first known Provenance should read:

Anonymous sale; Christie's New York, 17 June 1980, lot 172.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Jacques Pierre le jeune is recorded as a painter of flowers and patterns and as a gilder at the factory from 1763 to 1800.

Etienne-Henry Le Guay l'aîné is recorded as a painter of friezes and as a gilder at the factory from 1748 to 1749 and from 1751 to 1796.

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