A SEVRES APPLE-GREEN GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'HEBERT' ET SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER E FOR 1757-1758 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR TAILLANDIER, THE CUP INCISED (X INSIDE A SQUARE), THE SAUCER INCISED 3,

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A SEVRES APPLE-GREEN GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'HEBERT' ET SOUCOUPE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter E for 1757-1758 and painter's mark for Taillandier, the cup incised (X inside a square), the saucer incised 3,
Decorated overall with scattered flowers within a square green trellis enriched in gilt and enclosing colourful blossoms, gilt dentil rims
Taillandier, Vincent (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby & Co., London, 26 February 1963, lot 14
Sir John Plumb F.B.A., no. 36

Lot Essay

Lazard Duvaux lists in his Livre Journal on 7 March 1758 as supplied to madame la Marquise de Pompadour: "une tasse rubans verts, riche et soucoupe, 84 livres. This entry likely refers to the present example.

Vincent Taillandier, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers and ground patterns, 1753-1790

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