A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU ORNITHOLOGICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS LL FOR 1788, PAINTER'S MARK FOR EVANS, THE CUP INCISED 41, THE SAUCER INCISED 43

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A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU ORNITHOLOGICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 3EME GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letters LL for 1788, painter's mark for Evans, the cup incised 41, the saucer incised 43
Finely painted with exotic birds in landscapes named in French on the underside and reserved within gilt bands on the dark blue ground further gilt with a wide band of foliate scrolls and laurel garlands entwined to form catouches enclosing rosettes, the can with a Tyran Lupe de Cayenne, the saucer with a pie-grieche jaune de Cayenne
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, the cup; 4¾in. (12cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Provenance

With Nicolier, Paris

Lot Essay

The ornithological subject on the present can and saucer are likely taken from George Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds first published in France as Iistoire naturelle des divers oiseaux in 1745 and 1748.

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