A Sèvres jardinière, circa 1757

caisse carrée or caisse à fleurs carré, of the first size, of square form surmounted with four oviform finials and raised on four feet, finely painted with four vignettes of figures in forest landscapes, within tooled gilt scroll borders reserved on a bleu-lapis ground, interlaced LL mark in blue containing date letter D, painter’s mark, incised numeral 8,

Lady Deterding, purchased Paris 1950s for her house on Avenue Foch;
Thence by family descent

There is a chip to the outside edge of one foot which measures approximately 1.5cm. long. There is some typical surface scratching.
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The painter’s mark remains unidentified, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, Vol. I, p. 97, where the author lists the painter as being active between 1754-56 (now 57), as a painter of landscapes and birds in landscapes. A pair of jardinières painted with similar scenes is illustrated by Tamara Préaud and Antoinette Fay-Halle, Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres, 1977-1978, p. 38, nos. 53-54. A Vincennes flower vase, cuvettes à Fleurs unies, painted in a very similar manner was sold at Christie’s London, 9^th June 2011, lot 122.