Royal Manufacture of Sèvres - covered bowl and its hard porcelain tray - Taillandier base - 2nd size -

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Covered bowl and its tray
Hard Sèvres porcelain painted and enhanced with gilding
HP mark of the gilder Prévost, Henri Martin active until 1797
Unidentified painter's D mark
Sèvres, around 1773
Dimensions: L. 23 (cm.)

Rare and elegant covered bowl and its second size tray. This is circular in shape, with two gripping handles made of twisted scrolls. The lid with a grip imitating the plant. The tray with raised and slightly scalloped edges.

The decor consists of two-tone gilding, garlands of palmettes and foliage scrolls, and a pink background called Taillandier in the upper part.

The hard dough in Sèvres and the Taillandier funds
Experimented from 1765, and adopted in 1772 mainly for sculpture, hard paste coexisted with soft paste for the production of shaped pieces and services until the Revolutionary period.
Thanks to the preservation of two covered "milk" cups, dated 1766 and 1767, we can date quite precisely the appearance of the Taillandier background which is composed of a solid color against which white circles with an irregular outline stand out. . The authorship of this decoration is shared between the eponymous worker and Jean-Baptiste Tandart, another talented craftsman at the factory.

Condition report: very good condition

[1] Jean-Baptiste Tandart: painter and inventor of decorations in Sèvres by  Jean de Cayeux
Sevres. Review of the Society of Friends of the National Ceramic Museum  Year 2000  9  pp. 26-37

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