Lot 4
A Sèvres plate and a Sèvres style teapot and plateSèvres plate 1784
13 – 14 June 2018, 11:00 BST
EdinburghSold for £500 inc. premium
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A Sèvres plate and a Sèvres style teapot and plate
Sèvres plate 1784
Sèvres painted to the centre with flowers, the rim with rose sprigs, leafy garlands and gilding, plates 24cm diam, teapot 14cm h, Sèvres plate painted LL enclosing gg date marks, nq painters mark for Nicquet, gilt 2000 for gilder Vincent, other pieces with Sèvres style marks
Sèvres painted to the centre with flowers, the rim with rose sprigs, leafy garlands and gilding, plates 24cm diam, teapot 14cm h, Sèvres plate painted LL enclosing gg date marks, nq painters mark for Nicquet, gilt 2000 for gilder Vincent, other pieces with Sèvres style marks
Footnotes
The Sèvres plate is centred with a spray of roses and cornflowers, the rim painted with roses between two leafy garlands entwined around pink bands, with further gilt decoration, LL enclosing the letters gg, nq below, 2000 in gilt. The painter's mark is identifiable as that of Nicquet who was a painter of flowers and patterns between 1764 and 92.
Teapot is proably 18th century but later decorated, centred with a band of painted mixed flowers, on a bleu celeste ground, caillouté gilding to the lower section, stylised scroll gilding to the upper section, the slightly domed cover with a gilded fruit finial, interlaced LL, T.
The Sèvres style plate, circa 1900, is painted to the centre with exotic birds, the blue ground border with flower painted panels and gilt decoration, LL enclosing the letter S.