Sèvres dark blue oval two-handled tray with a shepherd and shepherdess, 1771
Plateau Hébert à anses, second size
Dark blue (beau bleu) ground, in the centre a scene of a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape. Rich gilding of palms, leaf trails, scrolls and dots.
Length 30.4 cm, width 23.0 cm.
Interlaced Ls, date-letter S for 1771 and painter’s mark for Charles-Éloi Asselin.
Provenance: With Duveen in London in 1900, stated to come from the Webb collection.
(A636)
£12,500