Property of a Southern Gentleman

A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE POINTILLÉ CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R FOR 1770 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR FONTAINE TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED SN,

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE POINTILLÉ CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R FOR 1770 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR FONTAINE TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED sn,
The cup handle moulded and gilt with graduated harebells, painted with enfants Boucher, one reading and the other holding a bow and arrow, the saucer with trophies of War and Peace, each within gilt ciselé medallions encircled by a berried myrtle garland linked to a smaller empty wreath, the whole reserved as a gilt-edged ribbon on the dotted turquoise ground, gilt dentil rims
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, the cup; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

The handle on the present cup appears to be a combination of shapes B and D and described by Rosalind Savill in her catalogue of Sèvres porceLain at the Wallace Collection. See R. Savill, The Wallace Collection, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, p. 501.

For a cup and saucer of the same date but of variant form, similarly painted by Fontaine but en grisaille instead of in color, see anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, Oct 22, 2003 - Oct 23, 2003, lot 280.

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