Sèvres Porcelain Dish Vermiculé Gilding, France, 1767

An eighteenth-century Sèvres porcelain dish, date code for 1767, with bleu-lapis ground and 6-lobed rim, decorated with vermiculé gilding and three pentafoil reserves, painted with children in landscape settings: a boy harvesting grapes, a boy fishing, and a girl with a sheaf of wheat, the centre with gilt trellis ornament and three oak leaf garlands.

Measurements:
Diameter: 21.6 cm (8.5 in)
Height: 4 cm (1.6 in)

Maker’s marks: Interlaced LL monogram enclosing “O” date letter. Decorator’s mark “R”.

Condition: In very good, original condition, with no cracks or chips. There are two small indentations under the gilding of the central section and a small recess in the outer edge of the base rim, underneath the gilded band. Both are original to the manufacture. No restoration was found under examination with ultraviolet light, and the dish rings clearly when tapped with a knuckle.

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