Lot Essay
Mutel, working period 1754-9, 1765-6 and 1771-3
DATE LETTER M FOR 1765
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A Sèvres coffee-cup and saucer
Date letter M for 1765
Painted in puce camaieu with figures in landscape vignettes before buildings, the cup with a man fishing, the rims with gilt dentil decoration and the loop handle with pendant foliage (some rubbing to gilt rims), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letter M, painter's mark to saucer of a pair of dividers for Mutel, incised Jb to cup and inverted S to both pieces
Date letter M for 1765
Painted in puce camaieu with figures in landscape vignettes before buildings, the cup with a man fishing, the rims with gilt dentil decoration and the loop handle with pendant foliage (some rubbing to gilt rims), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letter M, painter's mark to saucer of a pair of dividers for Mutel, incised Jb to cup and inverted S to both pieces