A SEVRES (LOUIS PHILIPPE) YELLOW AND PUCE-GROUND PIERCED DOUBLE-WALLED TEABOWL AND SAUCER FROM A DEJEUNER CHINOIS

1836, BLUE PRINTED LOUIS PHILIPPE DECORATING CYPHER FOR 1836 AND INCISED ML TO BOTH, PAINTED AND GILT BY JOSEPH RICHARD

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A SEVRES (LOUIS PHILIPPE) YELLOW AND PUCE-GROUND PIERCED DOUBLE-WALLED TEABOWL AND SAUCER FROM A DEJEUNER CHINOIS
1836, blue printed Louis Philippe decorating cypher for 1836 and incised ML to both, painted and gilt by Joseph Richard
Painted with gilt lines radiating from a central lozenge, a stylized chrysanthemum on each line, the gilt lines extending to issue from scrolls between each lappet of the border of flowers within red-edged ogival lappets, the cup exterior wall pierced as two tiers of quatrefoils within ogival arches, the foot as blue gadroons, gilt line rim, the saucer border pierced as lozenges, orange line rim (2)

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According to the Sèvres archives, the present teabowl and saucer is one of two that comprised a Déjeuner 'Chinois' réticulé made between November 1836 and June 1831 by Joseph and François Richard, brothers who would both have been responsible for painting and gilding. The records in this instance are very precise as to who worked on which piece and it is known that Joseph worked on the two teabowls, two coffee-cups and four saucers. Completing the service were a tray, bowl, coffee-pot, teapot sugar-bowl and milk-jug.

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