Lot 247
  • 247

A Sèvres cup and saucer 1767

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • interlaced Ls mark enclosing dateletter o for 1767, painter's mark of a P and a comma for Jean-Jacques Pierre le jeune, saucer with incised Sp, cup with S
  • Porcelain
  • cup 6.2cm., 2.½in., saucer 14.3cm., 5.½in.
gobelet Bouillard et soucoupe of the first size, decorated with a green ground gilded with mouches d'or, reserved with flower sprays painted by Pierre le jeune

Provenance

Chevet Collection.  Purchased from H.E.Backer Antiques on 15th February, 1952 for £60.

Condition

There is a very little minor rubbing to the gilded rim of the cup, noticeable only on close examination.
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