A SEVRES GREEN POINTILLE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

1775-1780, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK WITH A DOT BELOW, THE CUP INCISED WITH A STIFF MALTESE CROSS

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A SEVRES GREEN POINTILLE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
1775-1780, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK WITH A DOT BELOW, THE CUP INCISED WITH A STIFF MALTESE CROSS
Gilt with a myrtle garland set between a gilt-edged reserved swag, this border reserved on the light apple green pontillé ground of small reserved dots edged with tiny blue dots, the font of the cup and basin of the saucer painted in colors with trophies enclosed within the garlands, that on the cup emblematic of Gardening, that on the saucer of Love
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

For a part déjeuner 'losange à jour à anses' decorated in the same pattern with baskets of flowers on a bleu céleste ground, see Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. II, pp. 611-614, nos. C396-400; also pp. 629-632, nos. C414-23 for similar trophies on a bleu céleste pointillé ground.

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