A SEVRES BLUE AND GOLD SCALE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER X FOR 1775, PAINTERS AND GILDER'S MARKS FOR NÖEL, THE CUP INCISED 10

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A SEVRES BLUE AND GOLD SCALE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter X for 1775, painters and gilder's marks for Nöel, the cup incised 10
Both painted with a garland of pink roses reserved in a gilt-edged zig-zag band on the blue and gold-scale ground, gilt line rim
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5½in. (14cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

See The Collection of Charles-Otto Zieseniss; Christie's Paris, 6 December 2001, lots 260, 261 for two similar cups and saucers, dated 1777, and also painted and gilt by Nöel with pink roses in variant patterns reserved on the same scale-pattern ground.

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