Lot Essay
Jean-Louis Morin, who painted figures, birds and flowers, but in particular maritime and military scenes, was active at Sèvres from 1754 to 1787.
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1772, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARK TO CAN ENCLOSING DATE LETTER T, PAINTER'S MARK M FOR MORIN, PARTIALLY ERASED MARK TO SAUCER
Details
A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER
1772, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARK TO CAN ENCLOSING DATE LETTER t, PAINTER'S MARK M FOR MORIN, PARTIALLY ERASED MARK TO SAUCER
Painted with sailors and merchants on quaysides loading barrels, packages, boxes and sacks onto ships, one package on the cup inscribed 1141 and one box on the saucer with 114, within chased gilt line reserves, the borders with entwined bands of gilt foliage and dots within gilt rims, the can with an ear-shaped handle enriched with gilt half-flowerheads (slight rubbing to rim of can)
1772, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARK TO CAN ENCLOSING DATE LETTER t, PAINTER'S MARK M FOR MORIN, PARTIALLY ERASED MARK TO SAUCER
Painted with sailors and merchants on quaysides loading barrels, packages, boxes and sacks onto ships, one package on the cup inscribed 1141 and one box on the saucer with 114, within chased gilt line reserves, the borders with entwined bands of gilt foliage and dots within gilt rims, the can with an ear-shaped handle enriched with gilt half-flowerheads (slight rubbing to rim of can)
Provenance
The Earls of Harewood, Harewood House, Yorkshire, sale Christie's London, 1st July 1965, lot 31.
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