Lot Essay
Mme. Geneviève Taillandier, recorded 1774-1798 as a painter specializing in flowers, ground patterns and patterns.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 66-78)
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PALE GREEN TAILLENDIER-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND A SAUCER (GOBELER 'LITRON' ET UN SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
CROWNED BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, DATE LETTERS JJ FOR 1786 AND INCISED HU TO THE CUP, KK FOR 1787 AND INCISED B TO THE SAUCER, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MME. TAILLANDIER TO BOTH
Details
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PALE GREEN TAILLENDIER-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND A SAUCER (GOBELER 'LITRON' ET UN SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Crowned blue interlaced L's marks, date letters jj for 1786 and incised hu to the cup, KK for 1787 and incised b to the saucer, painter's mark for Mme. Taillandier to both
The cup with the script initial D in pink roses on a white ground further decorated with scattered sprigs of blue flowers and of gilt leaves between green oeil-de-perdrix bands edged with gilt ciselé lines, the saucer with three branches of puce and blue fuschia, the center of the saucer and the rim with a similar green band edged with un-chased gilt lines
2.10/16in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 51/3in. (13.7cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)
Crowned blue interlaced L's marks, date letters jj for 1786 and incised hu to the cup, KK for 1787 and incised b to the saucer, painter's mark for Mme. Taillandier to both
The cup with the script initial D in pink roses on a white ground further decorated with scattered sprigs of blue flowers and of gilt leaves between green oeil-de-perdrix bands edged with gilt ciselé lines, the saucer with three branches of puce and blue fuschia, the center of the saucer and the rim with a similar green band edged with un-chased gilt lines
2.10/16in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 51/3in. (13.7cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)
Provenance
With Armin. B. Allen, no. 1194