A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'JEWELLED' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'JEWELLED' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)

GILT INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS GG FOR 1784, GILDER'S MARK FOR PREVOST, THE CUP INCISED 36, THE SAUCER 41

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'JEWELLED' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
GILT INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS gg FOR 1784, GILDER'S MARK FOR PREVOST, THE CUP INCISED 36, THE SAUCER 41
'Jewelled' with concentric bands of vermillion and green translucent enamel and white and turquoise opaque cabochon bosses within chased gilt foil bezels
4¾ in. (12 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

See Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 1994, pp. 152-153, cat. no. 126 for a gobelet 'Litron' of similar size gilt with figures Etrusques within 'jewelled' borders similar to those on the present example of beaded bands flanking Vitruvian scroll.

Henri-Martin Prévost is recorded at Sèvres as a gilder 1757-1797. His mark appears on much of the 'jewelled' wares produced for a short time in the 1780's.

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