Lot Essay
Étienne-Henry Le Guay (l'aîné, later père) was initially only a painter at Sèvres, but then occasionally gilded. He was active at Sèvres from 1748 to 1749, and from 1751 to 1796.
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CIRCA 1775, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS LG TO BOTH FOR LE GUAY, THE CUP WITH INCISED MARKS
Details
A SEVRES GREEN-GROUND COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1775, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS LG TO BOTH FOR LE GUAY, THE CUP WITH INCISED MARKS
Painted with baskets of pink roses suspended from bows within gilt ciselé cartouches on a green ground gilt with a border of leaves and scrolls suspending swags of flowers, gilt dentil rims (very light scratching to glaze and some very light rubbing to gilding)
CIRCA 1775, BLUE INTERLACED LS MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS LG TO BOTH FOR LE GUAY, THE CUP WITH INCISED MARKS
Painted with baskets of pink roses suspended from bows within gilt ciselé cartouches on a green ground gilt with a border of leaves and scrolls suspending swags of flowers, gilt dentil rims (very light scratching to glaze and some very light rubbing to gilding)
Provenance
With Nicolier, Paris, from whom it was acquired in 1956.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.