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

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER F FOR 1758-1759 TO BOTH, THE CUP WITH PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE AND INCISED L, THE SAUCER INCISED I AND WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK

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A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter F for 1758-1759 to both, the cup with painter's mark for Aloncle and incised L, the saucer incised I and with an unidentified painter's mark
Painted with vignettes of cottages in landscapes within camaeu bleu flowering vines
3.3/8in. (8.5cm) high, the cup, 6.1/8in. (15.5cm) diameter, the saucer
Aloncle, Franois-Joseph (2)

Provenance

Lord Hillingdon; Christie's, London, 25 March 1968, lot 53 (price? to Winifred Williams)
Sir. John Plumb F.B.A., no.73

Sale room notice

This lot is unillustrated in the catalogue. The cup and saucer illustrated as lot 61 is lot 57.

Lot Essay

Franois-Joseph Aloncle was active at Svres as a painter of birds, animals, and landscapes, 1758-1781. The mark of a cottage that appears on the saucer was ascribed in the 19th century to J.-J. Antheaume but there is no archival evidence to support the attribution. It appears on wares painted with landscapes and dated 1757-1758.

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