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1788, PUCE AND BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS LL AND PAINTER'S MARK 9. FOR CHARLES-NICOLAS BUTEUX (ACTIVE 1763-1801), INCISED 41 TO CAN AND 40 TO SAUCER
Details
A Sevres coffee-can and saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe)
1788, puce and blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters LL and painter's mark 9. for Charles-Nicolas Buteux (active 1763-1801), incised 41 to can and 40 to saucer
Painted with garlands of flowers suspended from gilt studs and flanked by swags of gilt foliage on a seeded gilt foliage on a seeded gilt ground, below a band of blue ribbon and scrolling gilt foliage ornament, between mauve bands with white, yellow and grey jewelled ornament, the centre of the saucer with a bouquet
1788, puce and blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters LL and painter's mark 9. for Charles-Nicolas Buteux (active 1763-1801), incised 41 to can and 40 to saucer
Painted with garlands of flowers suspended from gilt studs and flanked by swags of gilt foliage on a seeded gilt foliage on a seeded gilt ground, below a band of blue ribbon and scrolling gilt foliage ornament, between mauve bands with white, yellow and grey jewelled ornament, the centre of the saucer with a bouquet
Provenance
John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896), Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.
Literature
1869 Inventory, 'A do. Cup and saucer with bouquets and festoons of flowers and lilac and gold borders'.
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