Two Sevres bleu celeste ornithological bowls Print 1768, each with blue intertwined ''L'' maker's marks centering date letter ''P'', the first with incised potter's mark ''LP'' for Louis-Alexander-Auguste Paulin (active 1766-1800), the second with incised potter's mark ''gp'' for Gratien Poulain (active 1758-1777), each with a bleu celeste-ground exterior reserved with white gilt-highlighted cartouches each centering two distinct bird specimens depicted within a landscape, each reserve with inscribed title in black to underside of foot, the first: ''faisant pigeon de la chine'', ''Le martin picheur du nord colibri'' and ''Le Ducet lapie des judes''; the second: ''CouCouver de Cayenne / Le colibri'', ''La pompadour / perruche aux ailes rouge'' and ''moucherole / La jaseuse de la Caroline'', each with a gilt-highlighted bleu celeste interior reserved with three white-ground cartouches each centering a floral bouquet, 2 pieces, each: 3.5'' H x 9.75'' Dia., Provenance: Estate of Andrew F. Chandler. Condition: Each in overall good condition, with general minor scuffs, light surface scratches and rubbed wear and losses to gilt decoration commensurate with considerable age. Scattered touch-ups to gilt paint. The second with an approximately .25'' x .25'' area of restoration to ring foot with a corresponding 1'' x .25'' area of overpaint.
Two Sevres bleu celeste ornithological bowls Print 1768, each with blue intertwined ''L'' maker's marks centering date letter ''P'', the first with incised potter's mark ''LP'' for Louis-Alexander-Auguste Paulin (active 1766-1800), the second with incised potter's mark ''gp'' for Gratien Poulain (active 1758-1777), each with a bleu celeste-ground exterior reserved with white gilt-highlighted cartouches each centering two distinct bird specimens depicted within a landscape, each reserve with inscribed title in black to underside of foot, the first: ''faisant pigeon de la chine'', ''Le martin picheur du nord colibri'' and ''Le Ducet lapie des judes''; the second: ''CouCouver de Cayenne / Le colibri'', ''La pompadour / perruche aux ailes rouge'' and ''moucherole / La jaseuse de la Caroline'', each with a gilt-highlighted bleu celeste interior reserved with three white-ground cartouches each centering a floral bouquet, 2 pieces, each: 3.5'' H x 9.75'' Dia., Provenance: Estate of Andrew F. Chandler. Condition: Each in overall good condition, with general minor scuffs, light surface scratches and rubbed wear and losses to gilt decoration commensurate with considerable age. Scattered touch-ups to gilt paint. The second with an approximately .25'' x .25'' area of restoration to ring foot with a corresponding 1'' x .25'' area of overpaint.
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