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BLUE INTERLACED L'S, DATE LETTERS HH FOR 1785 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR BUTEUX TO THE CUP, THE SAUCER UNMARKED
Details
A SEVRES 'JEWELLED' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2 EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's, date letters hh for 1785 and painter's mark for Buteux to the cup, the saucer unmarked
The saucer painted with trophies of music on a ground of trailing berried vines, the center with a bleu céleste roundel gilt with raised dots and applied with foil and 'jewels', the cup similarly decorated but without trophies, the roundel within a foliate cartouche flanked by an exotic bird and a basket of flowers, the decoration between bleu céleste bands gilt with raised stars and dots, gilt line rims
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5¼in. (13.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced L's, date letters hh for 1785 and painter's mark for Buteux to the cup, the saucer unmarked
The saucer painted with trophies of music on a ground of trailing berried vines, the center with a bleu céleste roundel gilt with raised dots and applied with foil and 'jewels', the cup similarly decorated but without trophies, the roundel within a foliate cartouche flanked by an exotic bird and a basket of flowers, the decoration between bleu céleste bands gilt with raised stars and dots, gilt line rims
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5¼in. (13.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's East, New York, 3 November 1981, lot 455