A SÈVRES PALE-BLUE POINTILLÉ TWO-HANDLED CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'À LAIT' ET SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Q FOR 1769, PAINTER'S MARK POSSIBLY FOR MORIN TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED SP, THE SAUCER INCISED DA

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A SÈVRES PALE-BLUE POINTILLÉ TWO-HANDLED CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'À LAIT' ET SOUCOUPE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter Q for 1769, painter's mark possibly for Morin to both, the cup incised sp, the saucer incised da
Painted en grisaille with cameo portraits on a dark reddish-brown medallion, reserved within chased gilt bands on the pointillé ground alternate with ribbon-tied wreaths and linked with gilt chased oak wreaths and garlands, the saucer center en grisaille with a quiver of arrows, a bow and a laurel branch (2)

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Jean-Louis Morin, active at Sèvres 1754-1797.

Overtime records for 1769 note Morin, Fontaine, Asselin, Genest and Madame Noualhier as painting medallion heads on similar pointillé wares. A two-handled cup and saucer painted by Morin is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Wallace Collection has an identically decorated teapot and two similarly decorated cups and saucers.

See Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, C347, C359, C381 for a detailed discussion of these pieces, their marks and attributions.