A SÈVRES BEAU BLEU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON', 4EME GRANDEUR)

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A SÈVRES BEAU BLEU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON', 4EME GRANDEUR)
THE CUP WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS FOR 1784 GILDER'S 2000 FOR VINCENT, THE SAUCER WITH PUCE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF AN ERMINE TO EACH IN THE RESPECTIVE COLOUR, THE CUP INCISED 26.LLL, THE SAUCER INCISED 44

The saucer painted with a gilt-centered pink flowerhead and alternating concentric bands of similar flowers and gilt dots within a gilt line roundel, the sides with a band of scrolling pink flowers enclosed within gilt dot bands and further bands of gilt scallops enclosing dots reserved on the blue ground, the cup similarly decorated
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, the cup; 4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diam., the saucer

Lot Essay

The mark of an ermine is that of an unidentified painter active at Sèvres 1771-1795. It is found on pieces in the Rohan and Querini services. Cf. Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 173, no. 197