A SEVRES YELLOW-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1787, INTERLACED L'S MARK, DATE LETTER JJ FOR 1786, GILDER'S MARK FOR BUTEUX FILS AÎNÉ AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR TAILLANDIER TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED 47 AND 43, THE SAUCER INCISED 48

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A SEVRES YELLOW-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER
Circa 1787, interlaced L's mark, date letter JJ for 1786, gilder's mark for Buteux fils aîné and painter's mark for Taillandier to both, the cup incised 47 and 43, the saucer incised 48
Painted with scattered sprigs of forget-me-nots on the dark yellow ground, a band of forget-me-nots and red ribbon scroll beneath the gilt dentil rim
21/3in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4¾in. (12.1cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

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A similarly marked and decorated sugar-bowl and cover is in the collection of the Wadsworth Athenuem, a gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917.1118). A matching teapot and cover is in the collection of The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramics Arts, Toronto (G.83.1.1078). It is likely that these pieces and the present cup and saucer were originally part of the same service.

Lot Essay

Geneviève Taillandier, active at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter of flowers, ground patterns and patterns, 1774-1798.

Charles-Nicolas Buteux, active at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns and as a gilder, 1763-1801.

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