Painted front and back with circular panels of putti emblematic of Love reserved on the dotted turquoise Taillandier ground within a gilt ciselé band, surrounded by a berried garland extending into further wreaths on the sides
7¹⁄₄ in. (18.5 cm.) high; 10¹⁄₄ in. (26.1 cm.) wide

Anonymous sale; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris 8 May 1890, lot 376 (part).
Baron Achille Seillire, Château de Mello; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 March 1911, lot 42 (from a group of seven pieces with the same decoration).
With Manheim Galleries, New Orleans, early 1980's.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 October 2014, lot 197.

D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, vol. II, cat. no. 70-5, pp. 445-446.

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The decoration on the present seau is very similar to that found on a small service delivered to Jeanne Gomard de Vaubernier, Comtesse Du Barry on 1 September 1770 - the third bleu céleste service acquired by her that year. In an inventory made just after her execution on 8 December 1794, it was described as 'Service fond bleu et Blanc avec Médaillons representant des Amours', a description that serves equally for the present seau. However, although it has been in several collections with a similar example from the Du Barry service, its painted panels are larger in scale and positioned lower on the side of the pot, the linking bands are more deeply curved and reserved with laurel, leading to the conclusion that the cooler is not part of the Comtesse’s service. See Property of a California Collector, Christie's, New York, 19 May 2004, lot 70.