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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS LL FOR 1788 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE LAROCHE TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED 46, THE SAUCER 29
Details
A SEVRES DARK LAVENDER GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters LL for 1788 and painter's mark for de Laroche to both, the cup incised 46, the saucer 29
The center of the saucer and front of the cup painted with a still life of fruit on a ledge, the borders with alternate panels of gentians reserved on a carmine ground and a roundel with a loose bouquet similarly reserved within a tooled gilt band, the panels delineated by bands of faux 'pearls' on a blue or carmine ground
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4¾in. (12cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters LL for 1788 and painter's mark for de Laroche to both, the cup incised 46, the saucer 29
The center of the saucer and front of the cup painted with a still life of fruit on a ledge, the borders with alternate panels of gentians reserved on a carmine ground and a roundel with a loose bouquet similarly reserved within a tooled gilt band, the panels delineated by bands of faux 'pearls' on a blue or carmine ground
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4¾in. (12cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 5 March 1985, lot 122