Lot Essay
Louis-Antoine Le Grand, fils is recorded at Sèvres as a painter and gilder specializing in figures, birds, chinoiseries, flowers and patterns 1776-1817.
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GILT CROWNED INTERLACED L'S ABOVE GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GRAND FILS TO THE SAUCER, TRACES OF THE SAME MARK TO THE CUP
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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) POWDERED BLUE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR )
Gilt crowned interlaced L's above gilder's mark for Le Grand fils to the saucer, traces of the same mark to the cup
The cup with a moulded leaf enriched in gilt on the handle, each silvered, gilt in two shades of gold, and delicately chased with pairs of birds 'conversing' on a terrace of flowers, butterflies separating each vignette, the blue ground with a paired scalloped and dentil rim, gilt dentil also along the interior rim of the cup and the underside of the saucer
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, the cup; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)
Gilt crowned interlaced L's above gilder's mark for Le Grand fils to the saucer, traces of the same mark to the cup
The cup with a moulded leaf enriched in gilt on the handle, each silvered, gilt in two shades of gold, and delicately chased with pairs of birds 'conversing' on a terrace of flowers, butterflies separating each vignette, the blue ground with a paired scalloped and dentil rim, gilt dentil also along the interior rim of the cup and the underside of the saucer
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, the cup; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)