Lot Essay
Claude-Charles Gérard (fils or l'aîne) was a figure painter at Sèvres from 1771 to 1824. Jean-Pierre Boulanger was a gilder and painter at Sèvres from 1754 to 1785.
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CIRCA 1775, GREY INTERLACED LS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR GERARD AND BOULANGER, INCISED 21/A38 TO CAN AND MC TO SAUCER
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A SEVRES BLEU-NOUVEAU GROUND COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)
CIRCA 1775, GREY INTERLACED LS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR GERARD AND BOULANGER, INCISED 21/A38 TO CAN AND mc TO SAUCER
Painted with sailors pulling on ropes on a quayside within an oval gilt band cartouche against a broad band of foliage scrolls issuing flowers, the lower part with a band of berried myrtle, the handle with a gilt foliate thumbpiece and pendant gilt husks, the saucer with sailors smoking pipes within a circular cartouche and similar broad border, gilt dentil rims (slight wear to gilt rims and handle of can, very slight wear to well of saucer)
CIRCA 1775, GREY INTERLACED LS, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR GERARD AND BOULANGER, INCISED 21/A38 TO CAN AND mc TO SAUCER
Painted with sailors pulling on ropes on a quayside within an oval gilt band cartouche against a broad band of foliage scrolls issuing flowers, the lower part with a band of berried myrtle, the handle with a gilt foliate thumbpiece and pendant gilt husks, the saucer with sailors smoking pipes within a circular cartouche and similar broad border, gilt dentil rims (slight wear to gilt rims and handle of can, very slight wear to well of saucer)
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