A SEVRES COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)

THE CUP WITH PINK INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE, THE SAUCER WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR BINET AND CHAUVAUX, THE CUP INCISED MC

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A SEVRES COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
The cup with pink interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's mark for Pierre, the saucer with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's marks for Binet and Chauvaux, the cup incised MC
Painted with alternate concentric bands of brownish-red and with single small flowers within gilt bands, the lower portion with a band of laurel (2)

Provenance

Collection d'un amateur franais; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 March 1990, lot 157

Lot Essay

Pierre-Nicholas Pierre, l'an, active at Svres as a painter of flowers and as a gilder, 1756-1776.

Franois Binet, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, 1750-1775.

Jean Chavaux, le jeune, active at Svres as a painter of patterns and as a gilder, 1764-1800.

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