A SEVRES YELLOW-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON,' ???? GRANDEUR ET SOUCOUPE)

PURPLE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS KK FOR 1787, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MONNET, GILDER'S MARK FOR MIREY, BOTH INCISED 47

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A SEVRES YELLOW-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON,' ???? GRANDEUR ET SOUCOUPE)
Purple interlaced L's enclosing date letters KK for 1787, painter's mark for Monnet, gilder's mark for Mirey, both incised 47
Painted in colours with baskets of flowers on marble ledges reserved within puce and gilt line borders against the yellow ground painted with alternating pink roses and blue cornflowers within bands of pink rose garlands and green berried vines, gilt line rim
2.3/8in. (8.5cm.) high, the cup, 4in. (12cm.) diameter, the saucer
Mirey, Franois
Monnet, Pierre (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 17 June 1968, lot 26 (230 guineas to Winifred Williams)
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 75

Literature

Sir John Plumb, "The Intrigues of Svres", House and Garden, American edition, January 1986, illus. p. 54

Sale room notice

Please note that the cup and saucer are mis-numbered in catalogue as lot 77.

Lot Essay

Pierre Monnet, recorded at Svres as a painter of flowers and birds, 1779-1802

Franois Mirey, recorded at Svres as a gilder, 1788-1792

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