A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 4... GRANDEUR)
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A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 4... GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS DD FOR 1781, PAINTER'S MARK FOR JACQUES FONTAINE BELOW, THE CUP INCISED 36A 3, THE SAUCER 36A

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A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 4... GRANDEUR)
blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters DD for 1781, painter's mark for Jacques Fontaine below, the cup incised 36a 3, the saucer 36a
Painted with scattered cornflowers within berried myrtle garlands, gilt dentil rims; together with a Sèvres camaïeu bleu cup and a saucer (gobelet 'Bouillard', 2... grandeur et soucoupe 'Litron', 4 ... grandeur) the cup painted with a garland of flowers entwined around a blue line, the saucer gilt with a garland between blue seeded and feathered bands; and a Sèvres frises riches cup and a saucer (gobelet 'Litron' et soucoupe, 4eme grandeur), the cup with alternate blue and puce hop trellis above a shaped puce border, the saucer with variant medallions suspending garlands of flowers, gilt dentil rims (6)

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