CIRCA 1850-70, GREEN FOIL LOZENGE UPPERCASE MARK

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A SEVRES TRANSLUCENT POLYCHROME ENAMELED-COPPER CUP
CIRCA 1850-70, GREEN FOIL LOZENGE UPPERCASE MARK
Of chalice form, the bowl enamelled in the Persian taste with a pentafoil flower issuing green sepals, with paillons ornamentation of cut and textured gold foil outlining the decoration and as radiating sprays of rose briar, within a Vitruvian scroll band, the underside and stem similarly decorated
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Lot Essay

At the urging of His Majesty, Brogniart, Directory of the Manufactory, had been asked to 'renew the fabrication of enamelled pieces in the manner of Limosins, incorporating improvements to be expected in light of advances in chemical sciences.' By 1840 an enamel-on-metal workshop had been established at Sèvres and in 1846 Brogniart wrote a catalogue devoted to enamels on copper. See Tamara Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Alexandre Brogniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, The Bard Center, New York, 1997, p. 61. Also see Tamara Préaud, Sevres Porcelain, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 59, fig. 39, (Inv. no. 7522) for an enamelled metal 'cup' of the same form.

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