A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) APRICOT, LAVENDER AND GOLD-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE A THE 'COUPE' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR

CIRCA 1826, BLUE PRINTED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SEVRES AND PAINTERS INITIALS SZ AND BF TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED LE SD AND 9 26, THE SAUCER INCISED 9 N 5 AND 2

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) APRICOT, LAVENDER AND GOLD-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE A THE 'COUPE' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR
Circa 1826, blue printed interlaced L's enclosing a fleur-de-lys and sevres and painters initials SZ and Bf to both, the cup incised Le SD and 9 26, the saucer incised 9 N 5 and 2
Painted in sepia and enriched in gilt on the apricot ground with a Bacchic trophy within a bright green garland and radiating dark orange spokes, the border with blue bells on a lavander ground, its leaves angled in the opposite direction and a further polished gilt band, chocolate line rim, the interior of the cup gilt
6in. (15.2cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

It is interesting to compare the border design on the present lot to that the Darte Frères claret-ground topographical cup and saucer included in this sale as lot 115.

The gilding has been traditionally ascribed to Boullemier, fils (see the auction catalogue entry pasted to the back of the saucer) but as the painter's marks found on both the cup and the saucer do not correspond to his mark of AB as a dyphthong, this attribution is incorrect.

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