A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE ASSEMBLED DEJEUNER

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER CC FOR 1780 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE LAROCHE TO MOST PIECES, GILDER'S MARK FOR MIREY TO THE TEAPOT, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE ASSEMBLED DEJEUNER
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter cc for 1780 and painter's mark for de Laroche to most pieces, gilder's mark for Mirey to the teapot, various incised marks
Painted with bouquets of pink roses and cornflowers within mirror-shaped cartouches issuing gilt scrolls above a band of meandering cornflowers, comprising:
A teapot and cover (thire 'Calabre'), faint blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter I for 1761, 4in. (10.8cm.) high
Two coffee-cans and saucers (gobelet 'Litron' et soucoupe, 3me grandeur), 2in. (6cm.) high, the cups; 4in. (12cm.) diameter, the saucers
A sugar-bowl cover
together with a similarly decorated sugar-bowl (pot sucre 'Calabre'), blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ee for 1782, painter's mark for de Laroche, gilder's mark for Boulanger, 4.1/3in. (10.7cm.) high, 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.) wide (6)

Lot Essay

Jacques-Franois-Louis de Laroche is recorded at Svres as a painter of flowers, ground colours and patterns 1758-1802

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

Jean-Pierre Boulanger is recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a gilder and a painter of patterns 1754-1785

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