Sevres Style Porcelain Bleu Celeste Ornithological Dish
Auction Date: October 14, 2022
Sold for: $196
Lot: 4282
Probably English.
Date letter P for 1768.
Compotiers a Coquille shell shaped dish, painted with vibrant bleu celeste ground under dentated gilt band to rim. To center, within a cisele gilt laurel wreath surround, a well painted scene of Lapie de cayene a fanciful bird with long tail among foliage, reserved to center within laurel leaf border.
The underside painted with blue enamel with interlaced Ls, center P, over script N. The painter Aloncle, known for painting birds at Sevres, active 1758- 1781.
Approximate dimensions: 2 H. x 8 3/4 W. and 9 D..
Condition: one section, left of handle terminate, broken off and reglued, issuing one long and one medium hairline toward center. The cracks now glued tight. Flaking to enamels, in tight oval, at 10 oclock from handle. The gilding worn, abraded and scratched. Foot kiln speckled, often a sign of overpainting.