PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION (LOTS 621-625)

A SEVRES PORCELAIN ROSE MARBRE CUP, SAUCER AND RETICULATED SQUARE TRAY (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR, ET PLATEAU CARRE A JOUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR NOËL TO EACH, INCISED 1, BACKWARDS 3 AND GC, RESPECTIVELY

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN ROSE MARBRE CUP, SAUCER AND RETICULATED SQUARE TRAY (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE, 2^E^M^E GRANDEUR, ET PLATEAU CARRE A JOUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER I FOR 1761 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR NOËL TO EACH, INCISED 1, BACKWARDS 3 AND GC, RESPECTIVELY
Painted in bright colors with a flower spray reserved against the rose marbré ground within a chased gilt border, the square tray with everted gallery pierced with Vitruvian scrolls edged in gilt and issuing harebells, the cup and saucer with gilt dentil rims
5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) square, the tray (3)

Provenance

With Armin B. Allen Inc., New York, May 1988

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Lot Essay

Guillaume Noël, recorded at Sèvres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1755-1800.

Further research in the Sèvres archives should reveal the original sales records for this exquisite example of a rose marbré cup, cover and square tray.

See note to lot 619 for further information about the complicated and costly process of creating a rose marbré ground.

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