A PAIR OF SEVRES CUPS AND SAUCERS (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL FOR 1788 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR VIELLIARD TO EACH PIECE, ONE CUP INCISED 43 2, THE OTHER 49, BOTH SAUCERS INCISED 41

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A PAIR OF SEVRES CUPS AND SAUCERS (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter LL for 1788 and painter's mark for Vielliard to each piece, one cup incised 43 2, the other 49, both saucers incised 41
Painted en camaeu rose with rustic vignettes of figures alternating with yellow and blue urns with handles suspending garlands of blue flowers, similar garlands suspended between the bases of urns and below the rustic vignettes
4in. (12.1cm.) diameter, the saucers
Vielliard, Andr-Vincent (4)

Provenance

Watelin Collection, Belgium, 1889
Cooper Collection
Wilfred Sainsbury, Esq.; Sotheby & Co., London, 5 May 1970, lot 29 (three cups and saucers)
With Winfred Williams, June 1970
Sir John Plumb F.B.A, no. 82

Lot Essay

Andr-Vincent Vielliard, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of figures, 1752-1790

A cup and saucer from this service is in the collection of the Bowes Museum. See Garnier, Soft Porcelain of Svres, pl. 14.

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