Details
A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ER GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1753, UNDERGLAZE BLUE INTERLACED L'S TO BOTH, INCISED 3 TO CUP AND TO SAUCER
Painted in colours within gilt trellis and trailing vine cartouches reserved on the dark blue ground, the cup with a putto on a cloud eating a bunch of grapes, the saucer with a similar putto releasing a bird from a cage, some wear to gilt dentil rims
3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, the cup; 6 1/8in. (15.6cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
CIRCA 1753, UNDERGLAZE BLUE INTERLACED L'S TO BOTH, INCISED 3 TO CUP AND TO SAUCER
Painted in colours within gilt trellis and trailing vine cartouches reserved on the dark blue ground, the cup with a putto on a cloud eating a bunch of grapes, the saucer with a similar putto releasing a bird from a cage, some wear to gilt dentil rims
3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, the cup; 6 1/8in. (15.6cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
C.J. Hawkins Collection