Stand
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Porcelain, Gilt, Enamels
Measurements
22.7 cm (Length)27.5 cm (D)
Place of origin
Sèvres
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529547.1
Summary
Oval tray with handles (plateau ‘du roi’) from a partial Sèvres porcelain tea service for two (déjeuner), including a teapot (théière Calabre) and two cups and saucers (‘gobelet litron et soucoupe’): painted with still-life of flowers in a vase with fruit on a table, in medallions on a beau bleu or bleu nouveau ground, surrounded by oak leaf and acorn bands in gold, circa 1770. Marked with interlaced ‘L’s and painter’s mark of Vincent Taillandier.
Provenance
Purchased by Ralph Dutton in June 1961, ‘Sèvres Cabaret set, panels of flowers, Gros bleu ground’ from Montague Marcussen Ltd., Antiques & Works of Art, 98 Crawford Street London, for £210. (fol.127). Claimed from the estate of Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne by his sister, Hon. Joane Dutton, 1985. By whom bequeathed to the National Trust for Hinton Ampner House, 1988.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , factory Vincent Taillandier (Sceaux 1736 - Sèvres 1790), ceramicist