A SEVRES COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'BOUILLARD' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER O FOR 1767, PAINTER'S MARK FOR NOL, INCISED JB AND PB TO CUP AND S TO THE SAUCER

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A SEVRES COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'BOUILLARD' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter O for 1767, painter's mark for Nol, incised jb and pb to cup and S to the saucer
With radiating oval panels painted with spirally trailing flowers spreading from one panel to another on a green ground gilt with lines, oval, and anthemion (2)

Provenance

Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 6 March 1995, lot 101

Lot Essay

Guillaume Nol, painter, gilder, and burnisher, working period 1755-1800, almost all his work was on tea, service and useful wares. For a full discussion of his work and biography see Rosalind Saville, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, vol. III, pp.1053 and 1054.

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