TWO SEVRES CUPS AND TWO SAUCERS (GOBELETS 'LITRON', 2EME GRANDEUR)

ONE CUP AND SAUCER WITH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER DD FOR 1781 TO THE SAUCER AND Z TO THE CUP, PAINTER'S MARK FOR NÖEL TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED 43; ON THE OTHER CUP AND ASSOCIATED SAUCER ENCLOSING DATE LETTER KK FOR 1787, PAINTER'S MARK POSSIBLY FOR LE BEL AND INCISED 29 TO THE CUP, THE PAINTER'S MARK FOR FONTAINE, INCISED 29 TO THE ASSOCIATED SAUCER

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TWO SEVRES CUPS AND TWO SAUCERS (GOBELETS 'LITRON', 2EME GRANDEUR)
One cup and saucer with blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter DD for 1781 to the saucer and Z to the cup, painter's mark for Nöel to both, the cup incised 43; on the other cup and associated saucer enclosing date letter KK for 1787, painter's mark possibly for Le Bel and incised 29 to the cup, the painter's mark for Fontaine, incised 29 to the associated saucer
The first a cup and saucer painted with a trellis of pink roses and trailing vines enclosed within bands of gilt foliate scrolls, gilt line rims; the second a cup and associated saucer, the cup delicately painted in colors on the yellow ground with an urn of flowers flanked by exotic birds and further fountains, all supported on arabesques and flowering tentrils, the rim with a flowering trailing vine within dark puce lines, the similar saucer with a slightly darker yellow ground and painted with a neo-classic centerpiece of pink roses
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, the saucers (4)

Provenance

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1995, lot 83 (the arabesque cup and a saucer)
Mary Porter Walsh; Christie's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 166 (the rose trellis cups and saucer)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 169, part (the arabesque cup and a saucer)

Lot Essay

The painter's mark on the trellis-decorated cip and saucer is that of Guillaume Nöel, active at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1755-1800.

The script L on the yellow-ground cup mark may be that of Jean-Nicholas Le Bel, active at Sèvres as a flower painter 1773-1793. The mark on the yellow-ground saucer similarly painted the same year is that of Jacques Fontaine, active at Vincennes and Sèvres as a flower painter 1752-1775/6, 1778-1807

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