A SEVRES BLEU NOVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE SCRIPT MARKS FOR 1793-1804, GILDER'S MARK FOR VINCENT, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MICAUD, THE CUP INCISED 42, THE SAUCER 41

Details

A SEVRES BLEU NOVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue script marks for 1793-1804, gilder's mark for Vincent, painter's mark for Micaud, the cup incised 42, the saucer 41
With C-scroll handle, finely painted with floral still-lives reserved on the blue ground within a gilt band, the border gilt with a band of wheat and gilt line rim
2¾in. (6.8cm.) high, the cup; 5¼in. (13.4cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 5 May 1977, lot 168
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 November - 1 December 1979, lot 221

Lot Essay

Henry-François Vincent, père, active at Vincennes and Sèvres as a gilder, 1753-1800.

Jacques-François Micaud, père, active at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1757-1810.

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