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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ABOVE DATE LETTERS BB FOR 1779 TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED 3C, THE SAUCER INCISED 43
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A SEVRES PURPLE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's above date letters bb for 1779 to both, the cup incised 3c, the saucer incised 43
The cup finely painted in the style of 17th century Dutch genre painters such as David Teniers the Younger with a tavern scene of a man playing the violin, a woman holding sheet music, men playing cards in the background, reserved within a gilt ciselé band on the purple ground further reserved with Rensaissance style grotesque, the saucer similarly painted with three tavern vignettes, gilt line rims
3in. (7.6cm.) high, the cup; 6in. (15.2cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced L's above date letters bb for 1779 to both, the cup incised 3c, the saucer incised 43
The cup finely painted in the style of 17th century Dutch genre painters such as David Teniers the Younger with a tavern scene of a man playing the violin, a woman holding sheet music, men playing cards in the background, reserved within a gilt ciselé band on the purple ground further reserved with Rensaissance style grotesque, the saucer similarly painted with three tavern vignettes, gilt line rims
3in. (7.6cm.) high, the cup; 6in. (15.2cm.) diam., the saucer (2)