A SEVRES REPUBLICAN PURPLE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1795, BLUE SCRIPT SÈVRES AND RF MONOGRAM MARK, GILDER'S MARK FOR VINCENT, THE SAUCER INCISED M

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A SEVRES REPUBLICAN PURPLE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
Circa 1795, blue script Sèvres and RF monogram mark, gilder's mark for Vincent, the saucer incised M
Painted in camaïeu rose with a continuous landscape of figures before buildings between bands of purple ground gilt with foliage and loop-and-dot ornament
3¼in. (8cm.) high, the cup; 6¼in. (6cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 28 February 1994, lot 139

Lot Essay

See Anon sale; Christie's, London, 17 April 2000, lot 88 for a cup and saucer of the same date painted in camaïeu rose with continuous landscapes and likely by the same unidentified painter as that of the present example.

Henry-François Vincent, recorded 1753-1800 as a gilder.

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