A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS CC FOR 1780, PAINTER'S MARK FOR GÉRARD AND GILDER'S MARK FOR PRÉVOST, INCISED 36A/6 TO CAN AND 28A TO SAUCER

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters CC for 1780, painter's mark for Gérard and gilder's mark for Prévost, incised 36A/6 to can and 28a to saucer
The can with scroll handle, finely painted with The Three Graces in a wooded landscape within an oval chased gilt band reserve with garlands of flowers and palm branches, the saucer with Cupid with his bow and arrow seated in a landscape within a circular reserve with similar gilding, the borders with bands of gilt berried myrtle and gilt line rims
27/8in. (7.3cm.) high, 50in. (15cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1984, lot 191
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 24 February 1997, lot 234

Lot Essay

The artist's ledgers for the 10th October 1780 records a piece Les trois Graces, Gerard, 361. L. Gérard began work as an apprentice and rose to become chef du four de peinture and in 1804 chef des peintres.

Henri-Martin Prévost, active at Sèvres as a gilder, 1757-1797.

Claude-Charles Gérard, active at Sèvres as a painter of figures, 1771-1825.

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