Lot Essay
See Svres Porcelain from the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1979, no. 119 for a gobelet litron similarly decorated with gilt and non-red bricks, the gilt laurel on a turquoise seeded ground.
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CIRCA 1770-1780, BLUE INTERLACED L'S TO BOTH CUP AND SAUCER, THE CUP INCISED X AND 7G, THE SAUCER INCISED DCE
Details
A SEVRES COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'BOUILLARD' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Circa 1770-1780, blue interlaced L's to both cup and saucer, the cup incised X and 7G, the saucer incised DCE
Painted and gilt with concentric bands of a trailing laurel vine reserved on an enamel blue seeded ground, a wide band of gilt cisel bricks between bands of gilt laurel trailing on an enamel blue seeded ground, gilt line rim (2)
Circa 1770-1780, blue interlaced L's to both cup and saucer, the cup incised X and 7G, the saucer incised DCE
Painted and gilt with concentric bands of a trailing laurel vine reserved on an enamel blue seeded ground, a wide band of gilt cisel bricks between bands of gilt laurel trailing on an enamel blue seeded ground, gilt line rim (2)
Provenance
Collection d'un amateur franais; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 March 1990, lot 169