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

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK FOR TANDART, GILDER'S MARK FOR PRVOST, THE CUP INCISED 27 4, THE SAUCER INCISED 4CA

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A SEVRES COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter EE for 1782, painter's mark for Tandart, gilder's mark for Prvost, the cup incised 27 4, the saucer incised 4CA
Painted with concentric bands of a pink rose rinceaux reserved on a gilt seeded ground within gold bands, a wide band of blue cornflowers and a narrower band of pink zig-zagging ribbon reserved on a gilt seeded ground within gilt bands (2)

Provenance

Collection d'un amateur franais; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 March 1990, lot 156

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Tandart, l'an, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, 1754-1800.

Henri-Martin Prvost, active at Svres as a gilder, 1757-1797.

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