BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DESCOINS, RED MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBERS

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN WINE BOTTLE COOLERS (SEAU A LIQUEUR ROND)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DESCOINS, RED MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBERS
Each painted with a band of pink fuschia between pale blue borders gilt with trailing foliage, a further blue and gilt band below, gilt line rims
5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, ACC 71-97A-B MFA,H; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1991, lot 36.

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Lot Essay

Described in the sale records as 'zone bleu et fleurs Chines.', the decoration on the present pair of coolers is associated with that found on the service purchased by the comte de Montmorin de Saint'Hérem, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on May 24, 1787.

Madame Françoise-Philippine Descoins (née Le Grand) is recorded as a painter of flowers, feather edges and patterns at the factory from probably 1780-1799.

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