CIRCA 1767, BLUE INTERLACED L’S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR C.-L. MEREAUD

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A SMALL PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BOTTLE COOLERS (SEAUX A TOPETTE)
CIRCA 1767, BLUE INTERLACED L’S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR C.-L. MEREAUD
Painted with groups of flowers and fruits framed by gilt trailing flowers and ribbon-tied palms, gilt garlands of flowers beneath the handles, the rims with gilt lines and pairs of palms
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide, overall

Provenance

Florent-Louis-Marie, comte (later duc) du Châtelet-Lomont, delivered 31 December 1767.
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
Collection of John T. Dorrance, Jr.; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1989, lot 180.

Literature

David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, vol. II, pp. 377-378, cat. no. 67-3.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the provenance for this lot should include the following:
Florent-Louis-Marie, comte (later duc) du Châtelet-Lomont, delivered 31 December 1767.

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Lot Essay

The impressive dinner service to which these coolers belong was made for Florent-Louis-Marie, comte du Châtelet-Lomont, who served as both Minister-Plenipotentiary of France to Austria and later as Ambassador to Great Britain. Delivered on 31 December 1767, the service included six seaux à topette at a cost 114 livres each. See D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, vol. II, pp. 377-378, cat. no. 67-3 for a further discussion.

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