Vincennes Covered Bowl and Stand

 

Vincennes/Sèvres bowl, cover and stand (écuelle ronde tournée, 3rd size, plateau rond, 2nd size).   Bleu lapis ground, birds in landscapes.

Ecuelle height 11.5 cm, width 17.5 cm.

Plateau diameter 21.3 cm.

Plateau has interlaced L’s and unidentified painter’s mark.

Circa 1755-60.

Ecuelles of the third size and their plateau, decorated with a blue ground and birds, cost 240 livres.   (See: Rosalind Savill The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, vol. II, p. 644).