A SEVRES LAVENDER-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER II FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK FOR NOËL
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A SEVRES LAVENDER-GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter ii for 1786, painter's mark for Noël
Alternately painted in the neo-classic style with pink roses and en grisaille with two-handled covered vases on a blue ground reserved within gilt lines on the lavender ground further gilt with foliate scrolls, this wide band between concentric narrower bands of blue gilt with Vitruvian scrolls and a slightly wider bands painted in shades of blue and pink and enriched in gilt with a rinceau in the style of Salembier
2½in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4½in. (11.9cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)
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Guillaume Noël, recorded 1755-1800 as a painter specializing in flowers and in patterned decoration such as frises riches and frises coloreés.
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