Lot Essay
Jean-Jacques Pierre, le jeune is recorded at Sèvres 1763-1800 as a painter specializing in flowers and patterns and also as a gilder
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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS II FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK FOR PIERRE, LE JEUNE
Details
A SEVRES YELLOW-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ii for 1786, painter's mark for Pierre, le jeune
Painted in the neo-classic style with concentric bands of blue and pink foliate scallops supporting pink roses between gilt line, of a wide band of blue foliate scrolls centering iron-red urns and lavender alternate with iron-red scrolls supporting iron-red black and gilt paterae on the yellow ground, and of a gilt laurel vine between gilt lines
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., the saucer
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ii for 1786, painter's mark for Pierre, le jeune
Painted in the neo-classic style with concentric bands of blue and pink foliate scallops supporting pink roses between gilt line, of a wide band of blue foliate scrolls centering iron-red urns and lavender alternate with iron-red scrolls supporting iron-red black and gilt paterae on the yellow ground, and of a gilt laurel vine between gilt lines
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the cup; 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., the saucer
Provenance
Dr. William P. Harbeson, no.F.S.9; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 4 April 1972, lot 261