A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'MOSS AGATE' GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'MOSS AGATE' GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

GILT INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788, GILDER'S L. POSSIBLY FOR L'COT, THE CUP INCISED PFE T C.Q, THE SAUCER INCISED CD AND RN

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'MOSS AGATE' GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Gilt interlaced L's enclosing date letter LL for 1788, gilder's L. possibly for L'cot, the cup incised Pfe t c.q, the saucer incised CD and RN
The cup with moulded foliate scrolls along the top curve of the handle, decorated with chinoiserie panels and reserved with chinoiserie scenes and ribbon-tied flower garlands on the blue and green ground (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, Monaco, 17 June 1990, lot 83

Lot Essay

Louis-Franois L'cot, active at Svres as a painter of chinoiserie, arabesques, butterflies and as a gilder, 1761-1764, 1772-1800.

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