Sèvres table sugar bowl, cover and stand 1758-59

Sucrier ovale à compartiments et plateau

Bleu lapis ground, flowers in the reserves, rich scroll and foliate gilding. Tray length 23.5 cm, width 19.9 cm, bowl length 15 cm, height 11 cm. Interlaced Ls, date-letter F for 1758-59, painter's mark for Louis-Jean Thévenet (active 1741-78).

Thévenet was one of the first painters to join the young factory at Vincennes, and the style of his flower painting remained faithful to early Vincennes flower painting for the remainder of his long career. He is one of the few painters who style is instantly recognisable.

Wear to gilding on tray rim and well, and on bowl rim, restored.

Stock Ref: WS 267

Price: on application