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

CIRCA 1778, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MICAUD, GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY, THE CUP INCISED 36/9, THE SAUCER INCISED 37

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Circa 1778, blue interlaced L's mark, painter's mark for Micaud, gilder's mark for Le Guay, the cup incised 36/9, the saucer incised 37
Painted with baskets of fruit and flowers including cut melon, peaches, grapes, roses, peonies and narcissus on marble ledges within broad gilt line panels, the ground gilt with luxuriant scrolling flowering branches
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) high, the cup; 6in. (15.2cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's London, 21 September 1992, lot 142

Lot Essay

Jacques-François Micaud, recorded at Sèvres 1757-1810 as a painter specializing in flowers and patterns

Etienne-Henry Le Guay, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1748-1749, 1751-1796 initially as a painter specializing in friezes and then primarily as a gilder

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