A SEVRES BLACK GROUND TWO-HANDLED CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'A ANSES ETRUSQUES' ET SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS NN FOR 1790, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VIELLARD FILS, GILDER'S MARK FOR MIREY

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A SEVRES BLACK GROUND TWO-HANDLED CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'A ANSES ETRUSQUES' ET SOUCOUPE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters NN for 1790, painter's mark for Viellard fils, gilder's mark for Mirey
The oviform cup with gilt bracket handles, painted in the style of Salembier in shades of pink, blue and green with arabesques and urns reserved within gilt lines on the black ground further gilt along the rim with fretwork as a variation on the Greek Key pattern, gilt line rims
3.1n. (8cm.) high, the cup; 6¼in. (6cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Provenance

With Vandermeersch, Paris
Anon. sale; Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1994, lot 164

Lot Essay

Pierre-Joseph-André Viellard fils is recorded at Sèvres 1783-1793 as a painter of birds, flowers and patterns. His mark is similar to that of his father, André-Vincent Viellard père who is recorded working at the factory until 1790, the year the present cup and saucer was made.

Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux père is recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1752-1788 as a gilder.

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