A VINCENNES EGG CUP (COQUETIER)
A VINCENNES EGG CUP (COQUETIER)

CIRCA 1754, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, INCISED T

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A VINCENNES EGG CUP (COQUETIER)
Circa 1754, blue interlaced L's mark, incised t
Of hemispheric form on short spreading foot, painted with scattered flower sprays, gilt dentil rim
1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high; 1 7/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

See Antoinette Fäy-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 14 October 1977-16 January 1978, fig. 68 for another of similar form gilt with rocaille scrolls. Factory records note that egg cups painted with flowers such as the present example were sold for 6 livres, those with a colored ground for 30 livres.

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