A SEVRES CUP AND A SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK ENCLOSING DATE LETTER KK FOR 1789 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVÉ AND INCISED 29 TO THE CUP, THE SAUCER WITH PAINTER'S MARK FOR FONTAINE, INCISED 43

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A SEVRES CUP AND A SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's mark enclosing date letter KK for 1789 and painter's mark for Levé and incised 29 to the cup, the saucer with painter's mark for Fontaine, incised 43
Painted in colours on the yellow ground with arabesques supporting an urn of flowers flanked by exotic birds, the border with a flowering vine, the saucer with a slightly darker ground color and decorated with a neo-classical centerpiece of pink roses; together with a Sèvres cup and saucer, blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter LL for 1789, painter's mark for Fontaine, similarly decorated with a puce arabesque on a pale-blue ground suspending an urn enriched in gilt
25/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the yellow cup, 53/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, the yellow saucer; 2¼in. high, the blue cup, 4¾in. (11.7cm.) diameter, the blue saucer (4)

Provenance

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1995, lot 83 (the yellow-ground cup and saucer)
With Dalva Brother's, New York, 1995 (the blue-ground cup and saucer)

Lot Essay

Denis Levé, active at Vincennes and Sèvres, as a painter of flowers, patterns and birds, 1754-1793 and 1795-1805.

Jacques Fontaine, active at Vincennes and Sèvres, as a painter of flowers, figures, patterns, cameos and as a gilder, 1752-1800.

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