A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DAVID M. DANIELS AND STEVAN BECK BALOGA
A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK FOR FOR PIERRE, LE JEUNE, GILDER'S MARK FOR VINCENT, THE CUP INCISED 36A, THE SAUCER INCISED 29

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters ee for 1782, painter's mark for for Pierre, le jeune, gilder's mark for Vincent, the cup incised 36a, the saucer incised 29
The gilt polka-dotted turquoise ground with an ochre band with a scalloped reserve painted in colours in the neo-classic style of Salembier with foliate scroll, garlands and flower sprays between narrow bands of gilt lines enclosing dots, a similar gilt band along the foot of the cup
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5¼in. (13.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale: Ader Tajan, Paris, 25 October 1993, lot 141

Lot Essay

Jean-Jacques Pierre, le jeune, recorded at Sèvres 1763-1800 as a painter specializing in flowers and patterns and also as a gilder

Henry-François Vincent, père, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1753-1800 as a gilder

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