Lot Essay
Jean-Pierre Boulanger, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres as a gilder and a painter of patterns 1754-1785
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BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771, PAINTER'S MARK FOR BOULANGER, THE SAUCER INCISED X
Details
A SEVRES COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter S for 1771, painter's mark for Boulanger, the saucer incised x
Decorated overall with beau bleu garlands forming a scale-pattern overlaid with a trellis of gilt-edged green ribbons, the large central panel within each trellis lozenge painted with a turquoise-centered gilt oeil-de-perdrix, gilt dentil rims
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, the cup; 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter S for 1771, painter's mark for Boulanger, the saucer incised x
Decorated overall with beau bleu garlands forming a scale-pattern overlaid with a trellis of gilt-edged green ribbons, the large central panel within each trellis lozenge painted with a turquoise-centered gilt oeil-de-perdrix, gilt dentil rims
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, the cup; 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's Monaco, 7 December 1987, lot 215