Lot Essay
Jean-Jacques Pierre le jeune was a painter of flowers and patterns and a gilder at the Sèvres manufactory from 1763-1800.
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1792, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS PP, PAINTER'S P7 FOR PIERRE (LE JEUNE), GILDER'S D MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS THROUGHOUT
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A SEVRES PART TEA-SERVICE (CABARET)
1792, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS PP, PAINTER'S P7 FOR PIERRE (LE JEUNE), GILDER'S D MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS THROUGHOUT
The borders painted with cornflower sprigs and pink roses, above gilt sprigs and further flower-sprays, within pink and gilt ribbons, comprising: a teapot and cover (théière 'calabre'), a milk-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds'), a sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Hébert'), a coffee-can and saucer (gobelet 'litron' et soucoupe), a cartouche-shaped two-handled tray (probably plateau 'Duplessis')
The tray: 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
1792, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS PP, PAINTER'S P7 FOR PIERRE (LE JEUNE), GILDER'S D MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS THROUGHOUT
The borders painted with cornflower sprigs and pink roses, above gilt sprigs and further flower-sprays, within pink and gilt ribbons, comprising: a teapot and cover (théière 'calabre'), a milk-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds'), a sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Hébert'), a coffee-can and saucer (gobelet 'litron' et soucoupe), a cartouche-shaped two-handled tray (probably plateau 'Duplessis')
The tray: 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide