Lot Essay
Guillaume Nöel is recorded at Sèvres 1755-1800 as a painter specializing in flowers and in patterned decoration such as frises riches and frises colorées
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BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS BB FOR 1779, PAINTER'S MARK FOR NÖEL, THE CUP INCISED 41, THE SAUCER INCISED 36A
Details
A SEVRES LAVENDER-TAILLENDIER COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters BB for 1779, painter's mark for Nöel, the cup incised 41, the saucer incised 36a
The lavender ground gilt with oeil-de-perdrix and reserved within gilt lines with a scalloped band, each oval lobe alternatively painted with a spray of cornflowers or pink roses, a berried laurel vine along the interior edge of the reserve, gilt line rims
2 3/8in. (6cm) high, the cup; 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters BB for 1779, painter's mark for Nöel, the cup incised 41, the saucer incised 36a
The lavender ground gilt with oeil-de-perdrix and reserved within gilt lines with a scalloped band, each oval lobe alternatively painted with a spray of cornflowers or pink roses, a berried laurel vine along the interior edge of the reserve, gilt line rims
2 3/8in. (6cm) high, the cup; 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam., the saucer (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Ader Tajan, Paris, 29 June 1994, lot 72