A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1785, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS, GILDERS MARKS FOR LE GUAY, THE SAUCER INCISED 6

Details

A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Circa 1785, blue interlaced L marks, gilders marks for Le Guay, the saucer incised 6
Elaborately gilt and chased in the rocaille chinoiserie style with a terrace of exotic birds and fountains in a garden
3in. (7.6cm.) high, the cup; 5 7/8in. (15cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Provenance

The 6th Earl of Roseberry, 'Mentmore', Buckinghampshire; Sotheby's on the Premises, 24 May 1977, lot 2117
With Dalva Brothers, New York
Property from a New England Collection; Christie's New York, 26 October 1995, lot 80

Lot Essay

The present cup and saucer appears to be one of three extant examples from what must have been a small service. All are virtually identically decorated and marked. Two were owned by the 6th Earl of Roseberry and sold by Sotheby's on the premises of 'Mentmore' in 1977 as lots 2117 (the present example) and lot 2118. The third is in the collection of HRH Queen Elizabeth of England (Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain from the Royal Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, The Queen's Gallery, London, 1979, no. 123).

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