A Sevres petit vert coffee-can, saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) and pierced tray (plateau carre a jours 2eme grandeur)

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A Sevres petit vert coffee-can, saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) and pierced tray (plateau carre a jours 2eme grandeur)

1760, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER H WITH A DOT BELOW AND PAINTER'S MARK OF VIELLIARD, INCISED INVERTED S TO SAUCER, THE STAND WITH TRACES OF INTERLACED L'S AND INCISED GC AND PC

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A Sevres petit vert coffee-can, saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) and pierced tray (plateau carre a jours 2eme grandeur)
1760, blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter H with a dot below and painter's mark of Vielliard, incised inverted S to saucer, the stand with traces of interlaced L's and incised gc and pc
Each piece painted with a figure drinking at a table outside a building flanked by trees and plants beneath a cloudy sky, the can and saucer with turretted buildings in the distance, within elaborate gilt, scroll, diaper, seeded and oeil-de-pedrix panelled cartouches, the stand with pierced tulip flower and scroll borders, the exterior and interior counter-changed in white and petit vert (the can with slight wear to top rim and extensive wear to gilt footrim, the tray with minute rim chip to one corner and small rim chip to another corner)
The tray 6 in. (15 cm.) wide

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

André-Vincent Vielliard (père), painter active at Sèvres, 1752-1790.

Cf. Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain (1988), vol. II, pp. 536-538 for a cup and saucer with very similar decoration and ground colour.

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