A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Y FOR 1776, PAINTER'S MARK FOR XHROUET, GILDER'S MARK FOR BOULANGER, THE CUP INCISED 1D

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter Y for 1776, painter's mark for Xhrouet, gilder's mark for Boulanger, the cup incised 1D
Each richly painted with a basket of flowers on a marble ledge reserved within a gilt ciselé band on the turquoise ground further decorated with a wide gilt ciselé band of entwined ribbon and flower garlands
2¾in. (7cm.) high, the cup; 5¼in. (13.3cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's London, 30 June 1986, lot 202 (as painted by Xhrouet)

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