18th Century Sèvres Soft Porcelain Sugar Bowl Or Chestnut Dish, 1756

An 18th-century Sevres soft paste porcelain lobed sugar (sucrier ‘ovale’) or chestnut (marronnière) oval bowl and cover, decorated with flower sprays and dentil gilding, the lid with a looped, entwined branch handle.

Marks:
Underglaze blue interlaced “L”s. Date letter “D” for 1756. Decorators mark, possibly Binet? Incised mark

Measurements:
Height: 12cm (4.7in)
Width: 15cm (5.9in)
Depth: 11.5cm (4.5in)

Condition: The lid is a fairly loose fit, moving approximately one centimetre across the length of the bowl and half a centimetre across its depth. As a consequence, the top of the gilding of the bowl rim is quite worn where it has been abraded by the movement of the cover. There is a kiln accretion spot on the inside of the bowl. The lid has a light scattering of firing spots. No repairs or restoration found under examination with ultraviolet light.

Notes: Variously described as a sugar box, or sugar bowl and cover, or as a marronnière (chestnut box).

References:
(As marronnière) Louvre collection number OA 12181 1