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BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER U FOR 1773, PAINTER'S MARK FOR LE BEL, LE JEUNE, AND GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY TO EACH PIECE, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS, THE GILT SPRIGS LIKELY A LATER ADDITION
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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE DEJEUNER
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's mark for Le Bel, le jeune, and gilder's mark for Le Guay to each piece, various incised marks, the gilt sprigs likely a later addition
Each piece painted with fruit and flowers reserved within a gilt ciselé band on the turquoise ground further gilt with scattered sprigs, the lobed tray with foliate handles enriched in gilt, gilt dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled lobed oval tray, 13¼in. (33.5cm.) long overall
A footed cream-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds', 3ème grandeur), 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Bouret', 2ème grandeur), 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Two cups and saucers (gobelet 'Litron' et soucoupe, 3ème grandeur), 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, the cups; 4¾in. (12.1cm.) diam.), the saucers (7)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter U for 1773, painter's mark for Le Bel, le jeune, and gilder's mark for Le Guay to each piece, various incised marks, the gilt sprigs likely a later addition
Each piece painted with fruit and flowers reserved within a gilt ciselé band on the turquoise ground further gilt with scattered sprigs, the lobed tray with foliate handles enriched in gilt, gilt dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled lobed oval tray, 13¼in. (33.5cm.) long overall
A footed cream-jug (pot à lait 'à trois pieds', 3ème grandeur), 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) high
A sugar-bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Bouret', 2ème grandeur), 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Two cups and saucers (gobelet 'Litron' et soucoupe, 3ème grandeur), 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, the cups; 4¾in. (12.1cm.) diam.), the saucers (7)