A SVRES BLEU NOUVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE)

CIRCA 1775, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR PITHOU L'AN, GILDER'S MARK FOR BOULANGER

Details

A SVRES BLEU NOUVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE)
Circa 1775, blue interlaced L's marks, painter's marks for Pithou l'an, gilder's mark for Boulanger
The cup painted with a scene taken from a fable of La Fontaine of a shepherd standing over his recumbent companion in an extensive landscape, the saucer with a landscape, the wide borders gilt with elaborate foliate scrolls, garlands and beading (2)

Provenance

Le Tallec Collection, Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 8-9 November 1990, lot 831

Lot Essay

Pierre-Nicolas Pithou l'an was active at Svres primarily as a figure painter 1760-1790.

Jean-Pierre Boulanger was active at Vincennes and Svres as a gilder of elaborate scrollwork 1754-1785.