Lot 82
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SÈVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET À ANSES ETRUSQUES ET SOUCOUPE)

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A SÈVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET À ANSES ETRUSQUES ET SOUCOUPE)
CIRCA 1797, BLUE R.F. SEVRES MARKS, PAINTERS L. PROBABLY FOR LÉCOS, GILDERS HP FOR PRÉVOST, THE CUP INCISED 44, THE SAUCER INCISED 37

Painted in rich colours with Chinoiseries beneath a gilt foliate vine reserved on a blue band within gilt line and dot/dash borders, some wear to gilding along the side of the cup emplacement
3in. (7.2cm.) high, the cup; 6½in. (16.5cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

Louis-François Lécos (Lécot?) was active at Sèvres as a painter of Chinoiseries, flowers and butterflies 1763-1764, 1773-1802. He is also recorded in the factory archives as a gilder, although the spelling of his name is unclear.

Henry-Martin Prévost was active at Sèvres as a gilder 1757-1797.
The marks R.F (République Française) and Sèvres were used by the factory between 1793-1800.

The present cup and saucer is the same shape and size as those made for Marie-Antoinette for the Dairy at Rambouillet. Cf. Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 161, no. 63, p. 162, no. 82, pp. 350-351, no. 156