A SEVRES PORCELAIN FLOWER-POT AND STAND (VASE HOLLANDOIS, 2EME GRANDEUR), CIRCA 1758, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E TO VASE, FAINT GILT INTERLACED L'S MARK TO STAND, PAINTER'S MARK FOR A.-V. VIELLARD TO THE VASE, BOTH INCISED 5

A SEVRES PORCELAIN FLOWER-POT AND STAND (VASE HOLLANDOIS, 2EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1758, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E TO VASE, FAINT GILT INTERLACED L'S MARK TO STAND, PAINTER'S MARK FOR A.-V. VIELLARD TO THE VASE, BOTH INCISED 5
Finely painted to the front after Boucher with a young boy trying to lure a love bird with his pipe, the sides with trophies emblematic of music and wine after Watteau, the reverse with a figure in a rural landscape, the stand with emblems of rural pursuits, including beehives, a basket and shepherdess' crook, a watering can and bucket and a barrel and a spade
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high; 7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) wide

Provenance

Wilfred Sainsbury, Esq; Sotheby & Co., London, 21 May 1957, lot 147, withdrawn from the sale.
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 35, acquired directly from W.J. Sainsbury, November 1962.
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain from a New England Collection; Christie’s, New York, 5 May 1999, lot 62.