A SEVRES COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER

BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, DATE LETTERS II FOR 1786 BELOW, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VIELLARD, PRE

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A SEVRES COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER
Blue interlaced L's mark, date letters II for 1786 below, painter's mark for Viellard, pre
Both cup and saucer finely painted with a balloon flying through the sky above a landscape, the wide dcor dentelle border of puce flowerheads with tiny green stems within bands of puce zig-zag enclosing green flowerheads (2)

Lot Essay

The decoration on the present cup and saucer is almost contemporary with the advent of hot air ballooning; the first successful launch was made by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in 1783.

Cf. Anon. sale; Christie's London, 7 July 1997, lot 228.

Andr-Vincent Viellard, pre, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of figures, landscapes, trophies, patterns and flowers, 1752-1790

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