Lot Essay
François Drand is recorded at Sèvres as a painter of ground patterns and flowers and as a gilder 1764-1780
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CIRCA 1773, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773 TO THE CUP, PURPLE INTERLACED L'S AND DATE LETTER F FOR 1759 TO THE SAUCER, GILDERS MARK FOR DRAND TO BOTH
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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SOUCOUPE)
Circa 1773, blue interlaced l's enclosing date letter u for 1773 to the cup, purple interlaced l's and date letter f for 1759 to the saucer, gilders mark for Drand to both
Painted with figures in landscapes, the cup with a boy playing with his spaniel, the saucer with a recumbent lamb beside a shepherdess's straw hat, each reserved on the bleu nouveau ground within a gilt band, the border gilt with laurel entrelac between the scalloped edges of a gilt seeded ground
53/8in. (13.7cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)
Circa 1773, blue interlaced l's enclosing date letter u for 1773 to the cup, purple interlaced l's and date letter f for 1759 to the saucer, gilders mark for Drand to both
Painted with figures in landscapes, the cup with a boy playing with his spaniel, the saucer with a recumbent lamb beside a shepherdess's straw hat, each reserved on the bleu nouveau ground within a gilt band, the border gilt with laurel entrelac between the scalloped edges of a gilt seeded ground
53/8in. (13.7cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)