VINCENNES Lot n° 19

Duplessis-shaped topette bucket with handles, decorated in polychrome on one side with a branching bird alongside a tied-legged pheasant and birds on the ground, and on the other side with an owl on a branch with two birds, an aviary in the background, depicted in a large Rocaille reserve surrounded by flowering palms, foliage, trellises, dotted lines and garlands of flowers on a gold background standing out against a lapis blue background. The handles are adorned with combed scrolls and the edges with gold fillets. Mark of interlaced LL, letter-date C for the year 1756 and mark of the painter MUTEL (active 1754-1759, 1765-1767, 1771-1774). Incised C mark on reverse. 18th century (very slight gold wear on the heel). Circa 1756. Height: 13 cm - Width with handles: 18 cm Provenance : CHRISTIE'S sale, LINCOLNSHIRE, December 14, 1934, lot n° 153. Lady Victoria FORESTER then by descent, Mrs. N. VILLIERS. CHRISTIE'S sale, October 29, 1973, lot no. 168. Lady Cynthia POSTAN (bears a label). E&H MANNERS, London. Related work: A solitaire tray painted by EVANS from the René FRIBOURG collection, featuring the same decoration as on one side, was sold at Sotheby's, June 25, 1963, lot no. 43.