A SEVRES HARD PASTE TAUPE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SON SOUCOUPE, 4EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1790, IRON-RED CROWNED INTERLACED L'S MARK AND INSCRIBED NO 2 ON THE CUP, PAINTER'S MARK FOR SINSSON, GILDER'S MARK FOR VINCENT, THE CUP INCISED INA, THE SAUCER INCISED C

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A SEVRES HARD PASTE TAUPE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SON SOUCOUPE, 4EME GRANDEUR)
Circa 1790, iron-red crowned interlaced L's mark and inscribed No 2 on the cup, painter's mark for Sinsson, gilder's mark for Vincent, the cup incised INA, the saucer incised C
Painted with bouquets of pink roses reserved within quatrefoil cartouches edged with concentric gilt bands on the taupe ground
4¼in. (10.7cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

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Nicolas Sinsson, recorded as a flower painter 1773-1795
Henry-François Vincent père, recorded as a gilder 1753-1800

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