A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 4EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Z FOR 1777, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEV, GILDER'S MARK FOR CHAUVAUX

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 4EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter Z for 1777, painter's mark for Lev, gilder's mark for Chauvaux
Painted with a panel of flowers and berried vine forming stars reserved within a gilt band on the bleu nouveau ground, further gilt with 'cracked ice' and with a band of entwined laurel within further beaded bands, gilt dental rim (2)

Provenance

Collection d'un amateur franais; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 March 1990, lot 164

Lot Essay

Denis Lev, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, patterns, and birds, 1754-1793, 1795-1805.

Michel-Barnab Chauvaux, active at Vincennes and Svres as a gilder, 1752-1788.

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