VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A SEVRES JEWELLED GREEN-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK FOR CAPELLE AND GILDER'S MARK FOR VINCENT TO BOTH, INCISED O 6U 3 TO THE CUP, 0 6U TO THE SAUCER

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A SEVRES JEWELLED GREEN-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ee for 1782, painter's mark for Capelle and gilder's mark for Vincent to both, incised o 6u 3 to the cup, 0 6u to the saucer
Both cup and saucer decorated between bands of 'pearls' with a richly tooled band of gilt foliate scrolls terminating in flowerheads, alternate flowers applied with gold foil and 'jeweled' red and green rosettes, gilt dentil rims
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

See The Collection of Charles-Otto Zieseniss; Christie's Paris, 6 December 2001, lot 299 for a similarly decorated turquoise cup and saucer also gilt by Vincent and dated 1782 and lot 134 for a cup and saucer made to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin and with the same mottled green ground as the present example.

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