IRON-RED CROWNED INTERLACED L'S MARK FLANKED BY DATE LETTERS NN FOR 1790, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DIEU, THE CUP INCISED G AND TC, THE SAUCER INCISED D AND IMPRESSED M

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) IRON-RED GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
Iron-red crowned interlaced L's mark flanked by date letters NN for 1790, painter's mark for Dieu, the cup incised G and tc, the saucer incised D and impressed M
The tapering cylindrical cup on short spreading foot and forked gilt handle, finely painted in colors with a continuopus band of arabesques flanking quivers of arrows and of geese running in opposing directions from behind urn-shaped panels painted in purple with chinoiserie landscapes, serpents coiled around the arabesques, their heads beneath the necks of the geese, between gilt-edged iron-red bands further gilt with myrtle vine
2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high, the sup; 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

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Lot Essay

Jean-Jacques Dieu was active at Sèvres 1777-1791, 1794-1798, 1801-1811. He is recorded as a gilder and as a painter in a variety of styles including chinoiseries, flowers and patterns such as the delicate arabesques on the present cup and saucer. His mark is a play on words - a triangle enclosing the Hebrew word for God or, in French, Dieu.

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