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Bowl/cover, from a Cabaret with tray and cup and saucer
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1764
Object Place: Europe, Sevres, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
Overall (sugar bowl with cover): 4.6 x 5.9 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1884a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionThe oval tray has an undulating rim with six slight indentations. The rounded sugar bowl has an indented footring and a slightly domed cover with a flower knop. The straight-sided cup is indented at the base and has an ear-shaped handle; the saucer is in the shape of a shallow bowl. All of the pieces are decorated with a strong yellow ground and polychrome reserves of children in landscapes. On the tray a small boy seated by a girl plays with a bird cage and net; on the sugar bowl a boy holds a bunch of grapes and a girl lifts an apple from a basket; on the cup a seated boy holding a small sickle leans to strike an unseen target; on the saucer a seated girl holding a distaff spins yarn. All of the reserves are enclosed by gilt bands, and gilt dentil bands decorate the rims of the tray, the cup and saucer, and the sugar bowl.
Marks
All pieces (excluding cover): interlaced Ls enclosing date letter L, painter'smark of a horizontal line with three dots above for Andre-Vincent Vielliard p ere (active at Sevres 1752-90) above, a dot below, all in blue enamel. Stand: incised sp. Saucer: incised c. Cup: incised reversed S.
ProvenanceHenry Walters (b. 1848 - d. 1931), New York and Baltimore; to his widow, Sarah Green Walters (b. 1848 - d. 1943), Baltimore; December 4, 1943, Mrs. Henry Walters sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 1101 [see note 1], to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] As "Louis XV Sèvres Jaune Jonquille Porcelain Garniture, painted by Vieillard [sic], dated 1763."
NOTES:
[1] As "Louis XV Sèvres Jaune Jonquille Porcelain Garniture, painted by Vieillard [sic], dated 1763."