A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS VERMICULE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'HEBERT' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, THE CUP INCISED DU
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A SEVRES BLEU LAPIS VERMICULE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'HEBERT' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter I for 1761, painter's mark for Aloncle, the cup incised du
Each painted in colors with a bird in a landscape within gilt ciselé bands on the dark blue ground further gilt with seeded vermiculé, gilt line rims
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
With Armin B. Allen, Inc., New York, January 1987
Lot Essay
François-Joseph Aloncle, recorded at Sèvres 1758-1781 as a painter specializing in birds, animals and landscapes
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