PURPLE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS JJ FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ANTOINE CAPELLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY, INCISED 74 9

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A SEVRES 'JEWELLED' BLACK-GROUND CUP (GOBELET 'LITRON', 3EME GRANDEUR)
PURPLE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS jj FOR 1786, PAINTER'S MARK FOR ANTOINE CAPELLE, GILDER'S MARK FOR LE GUAY, INCISED 74 9
Applied with foil and decorated on the black ground in opaque and translucent enamels with variant medallions and beaded bands, the foil behind the enamel cabochons chased with flowers and rosettes
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) height

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Antoine Capelle is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in flowers, patterns, ground colours and feathering 1745-1787 and again in 1790.

Etienne-Henri Le Guay is recorded at Sèvres initially as a painter, then as a gilder 1758-1749 and 1751-1796

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