A SEVRES PORCELAIN ICE-CUP STAND (SOUCOUPE A PIED) FROM THE SERVICE GIVEN BY LOUIS XV TO THE CONTE DELLA TRINITA IN HONOR OF THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCIPESSA MARIA-THERESA DI SAVOIE TO CHARLES PHILIPPE, COMTE D'ARTOIS AND THE KING'S GRANDSON, CIRCA 1773...

A SEVRES PORCELAIN ICE-CUP STAND (SOUCOUPE A PIED) FROM THE SERVICE GIVEN BY LOUIS XV TO THE CONTE DELLA TRINITA IN HONOR OF THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCIPESSA MARIA-THERESA DI SAVOIE TO CHARLES PHILIPPE, COMTE D'ARTOIS AND THE KING'S GRANDSON
CIRCA 1773, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, PAINTER'S MARK FOR V. TAILLANDIER, GILDER'S MARK FOR J.-B.-E. VANDE PERE
Painted in the Chinoiserie taste with vines of iron-red and gilt flowers to the center, the rim with a band of similar flowers amid blue Taillandier stripes, all between gilt bell-flowers
9 in. (22.7 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Delivered at the request of King Louis XV of France through the auspices of his grace the duc D’aiguïllon, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France to the conte della Trinità, Grand Master of the Court of Sardinia
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 2000, lot 33.