Lot Essay
Pierre-Antoine Méreaud was a painter (of flowers and patterns) and gilder, active at Sèvres 1754-91.
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1764, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L, PAINTER'S S MARK FOR MEREAUD, INCISED 8 TO CUP AND 000 TO SAUCER
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A SEVRES CUP AND TREMBLEUSE SAUCER
1764, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L, PAINTER'S S MARK FOR MEREAUD, INCISED 8 TO CUP AND 000 TO SAUCER
The cup of tapering form with an entwined foliate handle with gilt foliage terminals, painted with garlands of flower suspended from gilt loops below a border with two blue-ground white dot-ornament gilt diaper panels between purple and gilt bands, divided by two oval panels edged with garlands of laurel, each enclosing gilt dot-ornament about a purple flowerhead medallion, edged above with a blue band and gilt dentil rim, the saucer similarly decorated about a central well (wear to gilt rims)
1764, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L, PAINTER'S S MARK FOR MEREAUD, INCISED 8 TO CUP AND 000 TO SAUCER
The cup of tapering form with an entwined foliate handle with gilt foliage terminals, painted with garlands of flower suspended from gilt loops below a border with two blue-ground white dot-ornament gilt diaper panels between purple and gilt bands, divided by two oval panels edged with garlands of laurel, each enclosing gilt dot-ornament about a purple flowerhead medallion, edged above with a blue band and gilt dentil rim, the saucer similarly decorated about a central well (wear to gilt rims)
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's London, 11th December 2000, lot 398.
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